Why are you so interested in amoebas?"
"Oh, they're immortal," he said, "and sort of shapeless and flexible. Being a
person is getting too complicated.

“Without the light, no chance; without the dark, no dance.”

“But in the end, back she comes. There's no use resisting. She goes to him for a…”

“Arboreal, a fine word. Our arboreal ancestors, Crake used to say. Used to shit …”

“But who can remember pain, once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, …”