“Religion has a way of making people into idiots is what my father says.”

“...not everything in your heart makes it to your mouth. A lot of it gets lost on the way.”

“Religion verdummt die Leute, wie mein Vater sagt.”

“There is no imagination in the world. A person like me is basically alone. If I want to live in the same world as other people I have to make a special effort.”

“If I could have one magical power it would be to get inside someone else's head, even just for a second, so that I could know what's important to other people, who they love and who they hate. You might treat certain people differently if you knew what was really in their heart.”

“When the people you love become animals it's awful. You're half afraid to even go near them.”

“Sick people should look sick, like in fairy tales or on television. They shouldn 't be wearing sexy dresses and shaving their legs. How was I supposed to know she was about to disappear?”