What do you want out of life, Francis Lostwax?" Francis smiled. "To never hurt anybody again." His lack of hesitation surprised him. "To feel clean. - James Morrow

Myriad contradictory worlds," lectured Professor Jerome Delacato, "forever splitting off from each other like branches on a tree, so that, somewhere out there, I am presently giving a lecture explaining how the many-worlds hypothesis cannot possibly be true.

In fact, there's probably only one thing worse than not being able to understand a person."
"What's that?" asked Nimrod.
"Being able to understand him completely.

I’ve gone insane, Michael decided, retrieving a cowhide-bound appointments book from his valise. Only certifiable schizophrenics showed meetings with God on their calendars.