The soul is an irrational, indivisible equation that perfectly expresses one thing: you. The soul would be no good to the devil if it could be destroyed. And it is not lost when placed in Satan's care, as is so often said. He always know exactly how to put his finger on it.

If the workers took a notion they could stop all speeding trains; every ship upon the ocean they can tie with mighty chains.

If you didn't have me to rake you over the coals now and then, there wouldn't be any fire in your life at all.

She'd thought love had something to do with happiness, but it turned out they were not even vaguely related. Love was closer to a need, no different from the need to eat, to breathe.

Don't ever have children, Tyler, unless you're ready to be afraid everyday for the rest of your life.

That was one thing you found out when you were stoned, or wasted, or feverish: that the world was always turning and that only a healthy mind could block out the sickening whirl of it.

It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.