He had no choice. And that one thing turned Heaven into Hell. — Steven Barnes

"“Chicken?” “Don’t want my feathers ruffled, it that’s what you mean.”"

"I’m damned tired of being needed. Being needed is just the flip side of being royally screwed."

"The price of chemical ecstasy was a dear one, paid in flesh and spirit."

"The world doesn’t give a damn what we feel or want. Only what we are, and what we do."

"“Cynical bastard, aren’t you?” “Every man is a mirror,” Nozawa said flatly. “We all reflect what we see.”"

"Definitions are just words, just labels. And once you label something, the label gets between you and the thing."