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"'I don't think an animal rights activist would like a dolphin carved out of whalebone.'

'But it is pretty,' I said, trying to cheer him up. 'Maybe you could tell her it's a dolphin carved out of a poacher.'" (291)

"Yamato stayed in a hotel at the hospital and visited me several times a day, always bringing me a French newspaper I couldn't read so he could hold it in front of me and say, 'And the top story of the day…is something else we can't understand.'" (291)

"There was nothing intrinsically peaceful about people who believed everyone should abide by their brand of morality" (222)

"'That means [the president] already believes in the paranormal.'

'Of course he does. That's why he believes that raising taxes on the poor will give them more money, because they'll be inspired to look for new jobs that aren't there to pay the new taxes on the income they don't have.'" (209)

"We urge you to consider this, and advise you that to dismiss us could result in dramatic consequences from the devoted members of Animad.
Seethingly,
L.D. Krite

...'Seethingly?' I wondered." (199)

"We were supposed to have been practicing, and had been, except we took a time-out after Deek was hit in the forehead by a line drive that almost knocked him out and caused him to start reciting the periodic table of the elements." (184)

"'People in power badly want the vote of the common people, but they have no intention of being treated like them.'" (182)

"'All suffering is important. You don't have to pass some kind of qualifying round to talk with [a psychiatrist]. Loneliness can be one of the most debilitating, agonizing conditions a person can face. You don't have to apologize for not having the right kind of pain, as if there's a superior sort of pain; there isn't.'" (128)

"'Didn't you learn in school that, in America, stealing is a synonym for discovery? That's why the Indians were always saying "Help! Help! I'm being discovered!" This made us realize that once the Europeans begin settling in North America, the leading cause of death among Indians was discovery. They were almost annihilated by discovery.'" (28)