"“I wish I could tell you, Daniel,” he said, “that the reason nobody else has seen this document is because a sinister…"

"“Nevertheless,” he went on, standing the envelope back up on its edge. “I would ask you, are the forces of indifferen…"

"Of course, I told myself that the only reason I was experiencing anything unusual was because I was expecting to expe…"

"Something in Karen’s tone triggered my inner contrarian, and I found myself disagreeing with her before I could quite…"

"The thing about crackpots is that they don’t respond well to rigorous questioning of their pet ideas."

"I felt like a person again, instead of a walking bundle of bad decisions."

"You see, I’ve tried philosophy, but philosophy feels far too cautious, too bound by human logic. And then there’s rel…"

"“I know what you mean,” I said. “I remember a couple of years ago—” But Sérgio held up a hand to stop me. “I apprecia…"

"Seeing our creation’s name in print made us feel like minor gods; we had summoned into existence a human being, or at…"

"As a student of history I understand the fleeting nature of any given way of life. What may seem to its occupants to …"