“By the way, don’t breathe on the upholstery or I may have to gut you. (Nick)”

“Yeah, but I don’t want to be in pain, and I definitely don’t want to suffer.” – Nick
“Well…The only way to avoid them is to die.” – Death
“Okay, let’s change the topic now. Oh, look! A chicken.” – Nick”

“Glad to see you’re still breathing.” – Caleb
“Glad to be breathing.” – Nick”

“Now don’t you be covering for him, Ash. (She wagged her finger at Nick.) Are you driving? (Cherise)
No, Mom. I’m sitting. (Nick)”

“Don’t move, and breathe only if you have to. (Caleb)”

“Fine. Let’s begin with something even you can’t screw up.” – Death
“Way to build up my crappy confidence there. You should volunteer for the suicide hotline.” – Nick
“What makes you think I don’t?” – Death”

“You don’t draw, and I don’t breathe. Not so much like last year”

“Now, partly that was work, and partly that was brains, but very largely it was having the guts, the guts to be immodest in the right way.”

“I’ve got your back. Nothing alive will ever hurt you if I have breath in me. And nothing dead will hurt you if I don’t.” (Kisten)”

“The fragile teacups, the brittle relics, the frail upholstery and shattery glass: this was a world of little things and little ways, their delicacy presupposing their protection.”