he might die for her, but living for her would be quite different.

Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you may think that you're addicted to online reading, but as soon as it isn't available anymore, your brain will pretty immediately adjust to other forms of reading. It's a habit like all habits.

But maybe boredom is erotic, when women do it, for men.

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.

All it takes,” said Crake, “is the elimination of one generation. One generation of anything. Beetles, trees, microbes, scientists, speakers of French, whatever. Break the link in time between one generation and the next, and it’s game over forever.

What a moron I was to think you were sweet and innocent, when it turns out you were actually college-educated the whole time!

Fatigue is here, in my body, in my legs and eyes. That is what gets you in the end. Faith is only a word, embroidered.