“Without a hook, the new information falls on the floor.”

“Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.”

“The gods give no gifts without hooks embedded.”

“Eventually something you love is going to be taken away. And then you will fall to the floor crying. And then, however much later, it is finally happening to you: you’re falling to the floor crying thinking, “I am falling to the floor crying,” but there’s an element of the ridiculous to it — you knew it would happen and, even worse, while you’re on the floor crying you look at the place where the wall meets the floor and you realize you didn’t paint it very well.”

“A fall from the third floor hurts as much as a fall from the hundredth. If I have to fall, may it be from a high place.”

“The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther.”

“You’re a solid person, Sage. You’re easy on the eyes, if a little skinny, and your ability to memorize useless information is going to totally hook in some guy.”

“The words fill my head, and fall to the floor, that if God's on our side, he'll stop the next war.”

“Something new is wanted. A new novel, perhaps. Something the ten-percenters don't have their hooks into yet. Those soul-fuckers should all be killed.”

“We all fall to the floor at some point. It's how you pick yourself up that's the real challenge. Isn't it?”