"The old have nothing to pace themselves for, she’d say. This is the final sprint. Run. Run. See how far you can get b…"

"Age had not yet defeated her on all fronts, though it was a war of attrition she knew she was fated to lose."

"We claim the dignity of age, she thought, but the truth is, age leaves us without any dignity at all."

"And I admit, I don’t like dying very much myself. But I look forward to Death herself, once the dying is over."

"The world is full of the markers of abandoned empires, from Hadrian’s Wall to the Great Wall of China, from the remna…"

"Can you imagine a planet full of assholes who used to just…cut down trees?"

"I said, “It just seems weird that I’m in bed with somebody I’ve never met.” As I said it I realized how foolish it wa…"

"Depression is realism."

"We need what we need. Judging ourselves doesn’t change it. Sometimes a hug and a cookie right now mean more than a gr…"

"“Kill or be killed,” Vincent said, next best thing to a mantra."