The Liquid Actor

“Duran Duran blared from the car stereo. The woman, two silver bracelets on the hand she dangled out the window, cast a glance in my direction. I could have been a Denny's restaurant sign or a traffic signal, it would have been no different. She was your regular sort of beautiful young woman, I guess. In a TV drama, she'd be the female lead's best friend, the face that appears once in a cafe scene to say, "What's the matter? You haven't been yourself lately.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“Going outside is highly overrated.”
― Ernest Cline, Ready Player One

“Aristotle, I swear that kid is going to get himself killed one of these days. He’s a dumbass at the genetic level.”
― Gary Ballard, Under the Amoral Bridge

“My gratitude extends beyond the limits of my capacity to express it,”
― Iain M. Banks, The Player of Games