“You're not going to get weird on me, are you?" "How exactly would I get weird on you?" "I don't know, but the way you just said weird felt a little weird to me.” RelationshipsWeirdness Book:Hall of Small Mammals: Stories Source: Hall of Small Mammals: Stories
“That the Bible is the absolute word of God? (The Bible was written by men about God, not the other way around.)” Bible Book:The Afterlives Source: The Afterlives
“A random act of violence," his mother called it. "A totally senseless thing." Unnecessary qualifiers, he sometimes wants to tell her, as the universe is random and senseless place.” LifeUniverseViolenceRandomnessSenselessness Book:Hall of Small Mammals: Stories Source: Hall of Small Mammals: Stories
“Inside every group, he decides, there are more groups. Circles within circles, and inside of those, more circles still, all of them infinitely divisible. You could spend your whole life wondering which ones you're in and which ones you're not and which ones really want you and which ones are holes that have no bottom.” LifeRelationshipsGroupsSocial Life Book:Hall of Small Mammals: Stories Source: Hall of Small Mammals: Stories
“She was a planet, way out in space, out of its orbit, and he was an unmanned spaceship, taking measurements of the atmosphere. She was not suitable for habitation.” RelationshipsSpacePlanetsSpaceshipsColonization Book:Hall of Small Mammals: Stories Source: Hall of Small Mammals: Stories