We wouldnt ever eat anybody, would we? No. Of course not. Even if we were starving? We're starving now. You said we werent. I said we werent dying. I didnt say we werent starving. But we wouldnt. No. We wouldnt. No matter what. No. No matter what. Because we're the good guys. Yes. And we're carrying the fire. And we're carrying the fire. Yes. Okay.

It is not my experience that life’s difficulties make people more charitable.

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow.

What business is it of yours where I'm from, friendo?

What he could bear in the waking world he could not by night and he sat awake for fear the dream would return.

I don't think goodness is something that you learn. If you're left adrift in the world to learn goodness from it, you would be in trouble.