Some of the things are the same no matter which world you're in, kid. One of 'em is this: The quickest way out of something is usually straight through it.

The names are the first things to go, after the breath has gone, and the beating of the heart. We keep our memories longer than our names.

She had such unusual eyes. They made me think of the seaside, and so I called her Ocean, and could not have told you why.

Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.

Too soon, the sun will rise.

And weren't, when you got right down to it, particularly evil. Human beings mostly aren't. They just get carried away by new ideas, like dressing up in jackboots and shooting people, or dressing up in white sheets and lynching people, or dressing up in tie-dye jeans and and playing guitar at people. Offer people a new creed with a costume and their hearts and minds will follow.

I guess it's just another one of life's little mysteries." "I'm tired of mysteries." "Yeah? I think they add a kind of zest to the world. Like salt in a stew.