What's a Laster? A dead man.

I stare at the long, almost elegant thinness of the wrist bone jutting out from a heap of flesh and cloth. All that separates us, that poor woman and me, is an accident of birth.

By your eighteenth birthday you're supposed to know. They're supposed to tell you. Splicer. True Born. Laster.

In Dominion they have a saying about the Lasters. Those who can, Splice. Everyone else comes in Last.

Life isn’t about what you get, it’s about what you DO with what you get.

If human beings cannot inhabit the earth, where else could they live?

Love is not always reveredSensitivity is not universalEmotions are difficult to decipherThe spotlight never shinesIf you hide behind those shadows

Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.

If you could ask that question more precisely, you probably wouldn't be interested in the answer anymore

Do not be caught up in materialism, one of the real plagues of our generation-that is, acquiring things, fast-paced living, and securing career success.

If I have to die tonight,if this weight is going to kill me tonight,so be it! I am dying where I wanna be

It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.

I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence...

I've always liked Playboy; I think it's very tasteful.