"Glass and peace alike betray proof of fragility under repeated blows." Adam Ewing, "The Pacific Journal of Adam Ewing," page 12.

"We do not stay dead long." Robert Frobisher, "Letters from Zedelghem," page 471.

"People are complicated." Robert Frobisher, "Letters from Zedelghem," page 51.

"Like Grimaldi says, 'Every conscience has an off switch somewhere.'" "Half-Lives: the First Luisa Rey Mystery" page 102.

"So who's expired in an ending flat and inane quite beyond belief now?" Dermot Hoggins to the dumbstruck crowd, seconds after flinging Felix Finch over the 12th story balcony. "The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish" page 150.

"Truth is singular. It's 'versions' are mistruths." Sonmi-451 to the archivist. "An Orison of Sonmi-451" page 185

"Sonmi- 451, I am not xactly who I said I am." Hae-Joo Im to Sonmi-451. "An Orison of Sonmi-451" page 236.

"Once tyranny becomes accepted as ordinary, its victory is assured." Veronica Costello to Timothy Cavendish, "The Ghastly Ordeal...