“The sky above the port was the color of Television, tuned to a dead channel...”
“He’d played and owned more than a few guitars over the years.”
"It’s supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to press this button."
"Do you know why Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained."
"‘It was the day my grandmother exploded.”
"Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things."
"Humans are not meant to live at this velocity."
"If not now, soon."
"This is going to hurt. Don't be afraid."
"But shall I never learn? That gawky girl, Recalled so primly in my foreign thoughts...."