Wow," Sue said. "You actually stole this?" "We don't use that word," Elaine told her. "Chris has an unnamed high-level source. - Robert Charles Wilson

He rolled his eyes. “Those are things people say, Tyler. Talking about multilateralism and diplomacy is like saying ‘I love you’—it serves to facilitate the fucking.

His eyes were closed, shut tight on whatever battle his common sense was conducting with his faith.

But you're a Philosopher!" Julian exclaimed at one point. "This is Philosophy, not Religion, since you rule out supernatural beings—you know that as well as I do!"
"I suppose it is Philosophy, looked at from one angle," Stepney conceded. "But there's no money in Philosophy, Julian. Religion is far more lucrative as a career.