It was nice - in the dark and the quiet... and her eyes looking back, like there was something in me worth seeing.

Nothing really mattered that much, not the good things and not the bad ones. We were in the business of mutual amusement, and we were reasonably prosperous.

Her hair is ridiculous," I said. "I know. That was the only thing I said about her that was true. When you say nasty things about people, you should never say the true ones, because you can't really fully and honestly take those back, you know? I mean, there are highlights. And there are streaks. And then there are skunk stripes.

I knew that I would know more dead people. The bodies pile up. Could there be a space in my memory for each of them, or would I forget a little of Alaska every day for the rest of my life?

You see how fake it all is. It's not even hard enough to be made out of plastic. It's a paper town.

We’re as likely to hurt the universe as we are to help it, and we’re not likely to do either.

You will not kill my girlfriend today, International Terrorists of Ambiguous Nationality!