“Dont do anything stupid.""Dont worry," I whispered over the line, "Im an expert on stupid.""Youre...""Like, I can spot stupidity, because I know it so well. The way an exterminator knows bugs reall...”

“I wasnt a nerd, mind you, but Id spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so Id had limited experience with social interaction. I mixed with ordinary people about the same way that a bucket of paint...”

“My name is David Charleston.I kill people with super powers.”

“My life wasnt just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently.”

“If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.”

“I hadnt been a nerd, mind you. Id just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.”

“As she’d left, I’d glanced at her gun.This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If that wasn’t true love, I don’t know what was.”

“Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.”

“You can get much further with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”

“I shouted into the phone, but there was no reply. Silence floated up from the receiver like smoke from the mouth of a gun.”