But if everything's already decided, then what's the point of living? - Tom, pg 437

Now it's the dark's turn to be afraid.

Most things look better from a distance...And as a matter of fact, so do most people. - The Spook, pg 435

The life so short, the craft so long to learn.

I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

Surely my macking on some guy in an insane asylum wouldn't hurt him. He'd been living with his stalker, for heaven's sake.

What is life? The joy of the blessed, the sorrow of the sad, and a search for death. And what is death? An inevitable happening, an uncertain pilgrimage, the tears of the living, the thief of man.

First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.

I think we are ready to know that there are going to be people who are ready to save the world, who come out when you're in trouble and make sure that you're okay.

In life, the only thing of importance is a radical, total, and definitive change. The rest, frankly, is of no importance at all.

I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.

You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.