"This is a suicide note. By the time you lay it aside (and you should always read these things slowly, on the lookout for clues or giveaways), John Self will no longer exist. Or at any rate that's the idea. You never can tell, though, with suicide notes, can you?" Author's Note, pg. 5.

"Things still happen here and something is waiting to happen to me. I can tell. Recently my life feels like a bloodcurdling joke. Recently my life has taken on form. Something is waiting. I am waiting. Soon it will stop waiting—any day now. Awful things can happen any time. This is the awful thing." Section 1, pg. 9.

"'Yeah,' I said, and started smoking another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you otherwise, I'm always smoking another cigarette." Section 1, pg. 13.

"I sometimes think that Selina would stand stock still in front of an advancing juggernaut...