“Some think of Islam as an expedient jobs program that moves the female half of the population out of the way.”

“So much of who we are is where we have been.”

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”

“They must go out of the theatre with the strength they live by strengthened from looking upon some passion that could, whatever its chosen way of life, strike down an enemy, fill a long stocking with money or move a girl's heart.”

“But it is not the job of truth to make us feel good. It is the job of truth to be true, and it is our job to deal with it.”

“Connor Crane was currently the secret crush of half the female HHH population. And a couple of the males, too.”

“What the hell are they all looking for? A way out. A way to the right way out. A way to leave. A way to go. A way to have had it, to have had enough of it, to be done with it. A decent way to give it all over to the giver of it all,”