“Isn't it so weird how the number of dead people is increasing even though the Earth stays the same size, so that one day there isn't going to be room to bury anyone anymore?”

“So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.”

“Change can be weird or even queer. But change has to happen for things to grow--for us to grow. And change isn't so bad when you're not in it alone.”

“So, technically," Simon said, "even though Jace isn't actually related to you, you have kissed your brother.”

“Lower your expectations of earth. This isn't Heaven, so don't expect it to be.”

“That was such a wonderful time, even in its strangeness and sadness-and life isn't the same now. It's wonderful, but it isn't the same.”

“Isn't it amazing how, when you strip away everything, people are so much alike?”

“How weird that must be, to stay the same as everyone else changes.”

“Earth is in space, too, so really sex in space isn't anything new.”

“Unfortunately, many programs are so big that there is no one individual who really knows all the pieces, and so the amount of code sharing you get isn't as great. Also, the opportunity to go back and really rewrite something isn't quite as great, because there's always a new set of features that you're adding on to the same program.”