"Aremis Slake had often escaped into the subway when things got rough above ground." Chapter 1, p. 3

"But more often he dreamed of 'somewhere else' - anywhere else." Chapter 1, p. 4

"This is the year the leaves will stay on the trees." Chapter 1, p. 11

"There came a kind of order to Slake's life." Chapter 5, p. 39

"Good enough was good enough." Chapter 7, p. 67

"The subway, always teeming, now seemed that it would burst with humanity." Chapter 8, p. 68

"So now Slake was a vender of papers, a custodian of a small thriving coffee shop, and a discriminating scavenger. And he was also a hobbyist." Chapter 8, p. 71

"When had anyone or anything ever feared Slake? Never." Chapter 10, p. 86

"Slake had separated himself from the keeping of time and dates." Chapter 11, p. 88

"On such days darkness fell on Slake." Chapter 11, p. 91

"He could choose what he wished. This was freedom." Chapter 11, p. 92

"Slake did...