Quotes


 * 1) "I was distracted by the connections, I’d find them everywhere, because we’re all made of the same stuff, the same interstellar dust; a little girl and her doll, the salt in the air, the rain soaking through my clothes. He is begging me, Stop. Stop. Stop. His trembling hands are clutching the torch. He tries to run, his stupid way of running, hunched right forwards with his legs wide apart. She wants to play with you, Simon. She wants to play chase."  (Filer 138)
 * 2) “The coffee is decaffeinated. The mugs are provided by Drug Reps. They have the brands of the medication we hate, stamped all over them.” (Filer 113)
 * 3) “I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.” (Filer 8)
 * 4) “I think personalities are hidden in these details, and if you capture them properly, you capture the person.” (Filer 99)