Neil Gaiman, 2001
HarperTorch 2002
Characters:
Chapter 4, p 71
"How d'you lose your eye?"
"Didn't lose it", he said. "I still now exactly where it is".
Chapter 8, p 225
As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end.
Part II
Chapter 9, p 235
You can always cheat an honest man, but it takes more work.
Chapter 11, p 312
If you can fake sincerity, you've got it made.
I know it's crooked. But it's the only game in town
Chapter 18, p 508
God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many rooms, a watchmaker who left his prize chronometer in the desert, someone who loves you — even, perhaps against all evidence, a celestial being whose only interest is to make sure your football team, army, business, or marriage thrives, prospers, and triumphs over all opposition.
p 509
Even Nothing cannot last forever.