"Just for the record, I didn't do things because they were cool. Things were cool because I did them." The First Day, p. 9

"If I could speak, I might have pointed out that I couldn't move my arm or raise my eyebrow. And then thanked him for rubbing it in." Eyes Wide Open, p. 21

"Skinners. Computers - machines - that hijacked human identities, clothing themselves in human skin. Except the flesh was just as artificial as what lay beneath." Nothing, p. 33

"'And then there's the big thing,' Sascha prompted. 'A lot of people would envy you ... If the government allowed it, a lot of people might even download voluntarily.'" Mouth Closed, p. 58

"God made man. Who made you?" Faith, p. 86

"I was used to people watching me. I just wasn't used to them gawking, then twisting away as soon as I caught them at it." Sobered...