Osteosarcoma sometimes takes a limb to check you out. The, if it like you, it takes the rest.

My interest as a writer is not in reflecting actual human speech, which, of course, does not occur in sentences and is totally undiagrammable. My interest is in trying to reflect the reality of experience - how we feel when we talk to each other, how we feel when we're engaging with questions that interest us.

There's your labyrinth of suffering. We are all going. Find your way out of that maze.

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

I got my wish, I suppose. I left my scar.

I hadn’t read a real series like that since I was a kid, and it was exciting to live again in an infinite fiction.

I don't suppose I can wear the flamingo tie," he said as he pulled on black socks. "It's a bit festive, given the occasion," I responded. "Can't wear it to the opera," said the Colonel, almost smiling. "Can't wear it to a funeral. Can't use it to hang myself. It's a bit useless, as ties go." I gave him a tie.