"Headline?"he asked."'Swing Set Needs Home,'"I said."'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,'"he said."'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,'"I said."
"there is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars"
"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."
"The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention."
"If you don't live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in service of a greater good, you know? And I fear that I won't get either a life or a death that means anything."
"Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."