“No, not really. But Okay, I couldnt help but gloat a little. She likes me.Samedi didnt even look at me. Well of course, youve had that bloody uniform on all day. I was half ready to tell you how m...”

“I was terribly, painfully present in the world, and so far removed from it.”

“She nodded and reached out to take my hand again. I turned to look at her fully, I didnt want to say it, but I felt I should. I'd never had a chance to say it to my sisters, to my mother and I'd al...”

“See, they say its survival of the fittest, but you and I really know that its survival of the most heavily armed”

“No. No more surprises. No more secrets. Or so help me, I will rip off your own leg and beat you with it.”

“What about mold," Tom reminded her. "Fuzziness on a girl is never attractive.”

“No, not really. But Okay, I couldnt help but gloat a little. She likes me.Samedi didnt even look at me. Well of course, youve had that bloody uniform on all day. I was half ready to tell you how m...”

“No, not really. But …” Okay, I couldn’t help but gloat a little. “She likes me.”Samedi didn’t even look at me. “Well of course, you’ve had that bloody uniform on all day. I was half ready to tell y...”

“Returning my voice to a conversational level, I called back, “Nora, I’m notattempting to embarrass you or single you out. I know you’re capable. But stay behind Chas, okay? You die, you d i e perma...”

“You matter.”

“It's taken me all this time, all this loss, to realize what really matters is now.”

“They filled our world with weapons aimed at foreheads and smiled as they shot 16 candles right through our future. They killed those strong enough to fight back and locked up the freaks who failed ...”

“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”

“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”