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“‘…I found folly everywhere, but there were grains of wisdom in every stream of it. No doubt there was much more wisdom that I failed to recognize. Life is hard, Mr. Scoresby, but we cling to it all the same.’”

“Although Kale wanted to believe it was only smoke, he knew better. Ectoplasm.”

“…”Everybody thinks that’s a hard puzzle, but compared to this case, Rubik’s Cube is a kindergarten game.”

““…Judging from the conversation I had with him, he’s a tough taskmaster, the kind of guy who usually gets exactly what he wants out of his people.”

“What had she been doing?…Generally, obsessively, licking her wounds. What a funny turn of phrase, she thought. Licking your wounds would only make them worse, no? The mouth was filled with so much bacteria. But Sadie knew it was easy to get addicted to the taste of your own carnage.”

““I’m afraid I’ve given you the wrong impression, Sadie,” he said, “I rather like to be consumed…”

“As he rounded Kennedy Street, he began to chant to himself a poem that he had heard once, he wasn’t sure where. ‘That love is all there is; is all we know of love. It is enough; the freight should be proportioned to the groove.’…”

“They don’t know where they are but the wind blows nonetheless.”

“Judas: I would have never believed you could have left me.

“Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore.”

“To those who’ve been defeated

“The stars are delightfully beautiful and complex, just like you.”

“Could you hand me a tissue? God did not make me to be a cool gay. He made me to cry at baby ducks and emotional moments.”

“It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves that we are not an abomination.”

“Millions and billions and trillions of stars but I’m down here low fussin’ over scars on my soul”