"I have a ringing in my ears, which is a bad sign. And I feel a vibrating in my chest and abdomen. The baby is spitting up, not really vomiting. I am feeling dizzy. I hope I don't lose consciousness. The kids need me, especially the little one. They're frightened. I don't blame them. I am too." Prologue, Page 2

"I put the pictures back on the shelf. They were old images from another, happier time. From another life. They seemed to have nothing to do with me anymore. Everything was different now. The world was different now." Day 2, Page 48

"The machine can't know itself for the same reason you can't bite your own teeth. And it certainly seems to be impossible; the human brain is the most complicated structure in the known universe, but brains still know very little about themselves." Day 5, 7:10 A.M., Page 108

"She mentioned Amanda...