It's terrible to have to depend on someone else.

Or was he saying, "Hi! Wanna play?" And I did. Of course I did.

What do you want a clock for?” “To find out what time it is,” I said. “I think that’s the usual purpose.

It was such an unexpected and genuine smile that if I only had a soul I'm sure I would have felt quite guilty.

I often find myself in situations where it seems to me like everyone else has read the instruction book

Because I am an inhuman monster, I tend to be logical.

A reasonable being might think that he and I could find some common ground; have a cup of coffee and compare our Passengers, exchange trade talk and chitchat about dismemberment techniques. But no: Doakes wanted me dead. And I found it difficult to share his point of view.