“Would you be upset if you found out your dog was just a robot and it was being driven by a lizard?”

“There is no fountain for youth. What you put in your body is what you get out of it. You would not feed your dog a coffee and doughnut for breakfast followed by a cigarette you will kill the damn dog.”

“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”

“You've got to get out
and pray to the sky
to appreciate the sunshine;

otherwise
you're just a lizard
standing there
with the sun shining on you.”

““I’ll admit, I was disappointed to learn that dragons didn’t exist. That’s a hard lesson for a boy to learn.”
Chronicler smiled. “Honestly, I was a little disappointed myself. I went looking for a legend and found a lizard. A fascinating lizard, but a lizard just the same.””

“In India, if you are from the elite, dogs are extremely important. The breed of the dog indicates your wealth, that you are westernized. The cook, another human being, is on a much lower level than your dog. You see this all the time.”

“Being turned into a lizard can really mess up your day.”

“You spend most of your day telling a robot that you're not a robot. Think about that for two minutes and tell me you don't wannt to walk into the ocean.”

“This time it had been magic. And it didn't stop being magic just because you found out how it was done.”

“… you just can't differentiate between a robot and the very best of humans.”