"It was her intention. from the start, to transform me as surely as she transformed the others. … So, transformed, I dissolve, dissipate, descend — back into my body. … Into a world that seems suddenly charged with Divinity; with Secrets and with Truths of greatest profundity— and greatest simplicity."

"My consciousness reaches out — one last time — and touches the Wheel's hub: a majestic ocean of color/light/sound/texture. … A completeness. An at-peaceness. … And I know Mercy is there, waiting … forever waiting — for the cry of the human heart."

"I'm coming for you, Mercy. And I swear to do what all the entities and ghosts and fires of hell couldn't. … I'll destroy you."

"This suffering … you must endure. It's your destiny. Your freedom. I can't take it from you. … But I can share it."

"A thousand — ten thousand — questions geyser up, out of me. … One finger silences them all. One finger — opens … my … heart. … My consciousness widens: I no longer see; I no longer feel — I am! … Oh, Mercy — now I understand: The secret behind your actions, the thread that binds all these seemingly random events. … There's no great or small! No question of size or importance! Each act of compassion — however minor it may appear to our blind eyes — affects all Creation; shakes it to its roots!"

"Now Mercy says, speaking from her silence, stand in the sun. Breath the deep. Feel what can be!"

"How overwhelmed am I with hate: for her serenity, her beauty, her calm Knowing! I want that thing to rip away Mercy's mask … reveal the sores and disease in Mercy's soul!"

"I understand: Their chief has died, and his only son has not yet reached the age of manhood. … So they offer him up to the heat and light, believing that, if he is worthy to succeed his father, he will not die on the pyre."

"They scurry like brainless little ants, intent of their task. … Intent on keeping me alive. … Why? Because they care? Doubtful. … They don't know me. All they know is that Louisa — the pathetic idiot — is paying thousands of dollars a day to maintain the illusion of life."

"It's not extinction exactly. More of a Limbo — on the road to extinction, A Place Between. Around me I hear the whisper of souls like myself — drifting, Waiting. … For sweet oblivion."

"Look at her: so radiant! Her entire being suffused with something so great, so deep, that I wouldn't dare try to name it; to soil it with words. … But I have named it — named her — haven't I? A name of my own creation, my own compulsion. But the right name I think (though I can't say why). The proper name: Mercy."

"She's a mystery, Mercy is — and a quick one at that: One minute India, the next New York: homeless and lice-ridden, sleeping in the cold. … The face and form are different — but somehow the same. I can always recognize her. That infuriating smile gives her away… as if she knows something no one else does; as if she holds the key that unlocks a question no one even thought to ask."

"They whirl like dervishes before my mind's eye: Taunting me. Seducing me. Touching something deep within me: unnamed. Long forgotten. Always remembered. … And above them all, stands Mercy, the savior. Mercy, the devil. Mercy, the fool? … Which is she? And why do I care? … But I do care. I do! And that…more than any of this — terrifies me beyond words."

"Human suffering calls you down into our world, to ease it, transform it! … Through my whirling ecstasy … my spinning exaltation … a pattern takes shape: a Wheel — huge as Heaven, tinier than a stray thought — spinning through the universes! … And there, at the wheel's hub: the Force behind it all … within us all! … Unnameable, alive, It spins the Wheel, shaking each soul in it's turn, and through us — shaking the world."

"The ghosts and devils keep their distance, but they make their presence known: "Out, bitch," they howl, from their hidden perches; "Get out! Leave us alone! She's our's bitch — not yours! If the two women hear, the give no indication; just go on with their gentle talk, like old and dear friends."

"Mercy listens — really listens, with interest and concern — then smiles, and reaches out her hand."

"I watch — seeking meaning in her every movement, seeking pattern in every breath — as Mercy grapples with the hideous thing: I watch as it tears at her; claws; bites, batters, roars. … To no effect. … I feel the fear in the thing growing, as it realizes how badly it's underestimated her."

"Mrs. Chau: You are seventeen year old! Time to get interested in boy! (Vol.1, intro, page 9, panel 2)"

"A tiny robot is kicking this guy's ass, if anyone wants to watch. Oh, and then the band's gonna play. (Vol.5, 26,14,6)"

"Stephen Stills, the talent: Scott, if your life had a face, I would punch it in the balls. Seriously.(Vol.4, 24,6,7)"

"Stephen... you know how, when a baby is first born, it just cries at the sheer horror of being alive? (Vol.3, 14,11,3)"

"You stole him with your advanced American slut technology! You're not nice! (Vol.5, 27,20,3)"

"Back off, bitch, it's my birthday. (Vol.4, 19,2,5)"

"Gideon: We have a mutual friend, see, and she- Ah, screw it. This is Gideon. When would it be convenient for you to die? (Vol.5)"

"I think he's only dating her because she's old, you know? She's probably like 25! She's some fat-ass white girl, you know? (Vol. 2, 9,15,2)"

"Scott, if your life had a face, I would punch it. I would punch your life in the face. (Vol.4, 21,12,2)"

"You're dead, fatty! (Vol.2, 10,13&14,2)"

"Ooh, can you put on something really morbid and horrible and Japanese? (Vol.2, 8,6,7)"

"No, I don't know the cheat code for Sonic 3. I'm very busy here, Scott. Will you please stop calling me?"

"WE ARE SEX BOB-OMB!!! WE ARE HERE TO MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT DEATH AND GET SAD AND STUFF!!! (Vol.3, 17,9,2)"

"My name is Knives Chau, and I'm a SCOTTAHOLIC!! (Vol.2, 10,20,2)"

"Let's be friends based on mutual hate. (Vol.3, 13,20,6)"

"Ramona, I love you. I'll love you forever. And I have dipping sauce for you! I'll be your dipping sauce bitch! (Vol.3, 13,20,4)"

"You hear that? That's market bacon hitting the pan. Today a child is born unto us, and his name will be bacon. (Vol.3, 14,7,4)"

"Ooh, go ahead and poke fun at my poor queenology, Canada boy. (Vol.2, 11,9,2)"

"I've kissed the lips that kissed YOU!!! (Vol.3, 12,8,4)"

"What kind of idiot would knowingly date a girl named Knives? (Vol.2, 10,29,6)"

"You listen to me. I'm the one who tells you what your mom says, okay? (Vol.4, 19,14,1)"

"Let's forget the whole thing. I'm getting really sick of not strangling her. (Vol.3, 15,6,3)"

"Okay, stop. It sounds retarded. You sound retarded. I'm breaking up with you. (Vol.2, 11,12,2)"

"Hello, Keiichi. Found you..." - to Keiichi Maebara"

"Don't worry, I used the blunt end of the knife." - to Keiichi Maebara"

"I’m the only one that can help you, Keiichi-kun. I won’t allow you to transfer away..." - to Keiichi Maebara"

"Lycoris- Yes."

"Lycoris- Morganna is contradicting herself."

"Albireo- A program that contradicts cannot function."

"Lycoris- An extremely complicated system can function even with contradictions. And its results are contrary to expectations."

"Albireo- But... That is no different from human beings."

"Albireo- I thought God wanted to delete you?"

"Lycoris- I was fleeing from Morganna. Morganna told you where I was hiding. Morganna wanted to delete me."