Young man," he said, "understand this: there are two Londons. There's London Above―that's where you lived―and then there's London Below―the Underside―inhabited by the people who fell through the cracks in the world. Now you're one of them. Good night.

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fa…”

“She took my hands in her, then, and squeezed them. 'But you stayed where you we…”

“It is neither fair nor unfair, Nobody Owens. It simply is”

“La persona más valiente que conozco, y eres mi amigo. Me importa un pimiento qu…”