“The atom was split by persistence.”

“This was all our world was made of: decomposed visions. Not atoms --- bits of dreams.”

“Our habit of wishing backward from what is to what might have been is the soft but persistent tapping that cracks the crystal.”

“I've been told my old city possesses a 'thriving arts scene,' whatever that is; personally, I think artists should lie low and stick to their work, not line-dance through the parks.”

“Meanness on request isn't meanness at all, but kindness carried too far.”

“The human body is strangely made and sometimes it pays not to think about it too closely.”

“Central Wyoming was like hell without the flames, an underworld thrust up onto the surface.”