"Anita had the mechanics of marriage down pat, even to the subtlest conventions. If her approach was disturbingly rational, systematic, she was thorough enough to turn out a creditable counterfeit of warmth." —Chapter 1, page 25

"'Ahhhhh,' said the Shah. 'Ci-ti-zen.' He grinned happily. 'Takaru—citizen. Citizen—Takaru.'" —Chapter 2, page 29

"The music stopped abruptly, with the air of having delivered exactly five cents worth of joy. Rudy still shouted. 'Makes you feel kind of creepy, don't it, Doctor, watching them keys go up and down? You can almost see a ghost sitting there playing his heart out.'" —Chapter 3, page 38

"Paul wondered about his own deep drives as he realized how much pleasure he was getting from recollections of Finnerty's socially destructive, undisciplined antics." —Chapter 4, page 41

"Hacketts did not bow back because he wasn't supposed to and he wasn't going to...