Viola? Keep calling for me– And I’ll keep searching for you– And I’ll find you– You bet yer life on it– I’ll find you– Keep calling for me, Viola– Cuz here I come.

And then his noise falls completely silent- And he stops struggling- And looking right into my eyes- He dies. My Todd dies.

But a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don't. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again.

A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative.

I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.

There's always beauty, if you know where to look.

I remember the ache I used to feel when she got too close, how it felt like grief, how it felt like a loss, like I was falling, falling into nothing, how it clenched me up and made me want to weep, made me actually weep.