But not even the end of the world was going to stop Janet from being a bitch. It was the principle of the thing. - Lev Grossman

Quentin had never met anybody so staggeringly and unapologetically affected.

Well, but why would You create something that had the power to hurt You? Or any of Your creatures? Why don't You help us? Do You have any idea how much we hurt? How much we suffer?"
A stern glance. "I know all things, daughter."
"Well, okay, then know this." Janet put her hands on her hips. She had struck an unexpected vein of bitterness in herself, and it was running away with her. "We human beings are unhappy all the time. We hate ourselves and we hate each other and sometimes we wish You of Whoever had never created us or this shit-ass world or any other shit-ass world. Do You realize that? So next time You might think about not doing such a half-assed job.

Quentin’s conversations with his parents were so circular and self-defeating, they sounded like experimental theater.