“People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances, molded as much by their regrets as their actions, choices they st...”

“Do you ever wonder why music brings a soul to surface? What makes beauty work as well as pain?”

“I am a man, not a movement, he said. But if a movement is what it takes to end this war, then I will play my part.”

“...something more than the sum of its parts-”

“We do it, Jackson, because compassion must be louder than pride.”

“August stared at her, aghast. "Did I know that kissing you would bring your soul to surface? That - THAT - would have the same effect as pain or music? No, I must have missed that lesson."She stare...”

“Do you ever wonder why music brings a soul to surface? What makes beauty work as well as pain?”

“I’m willing to walk in darkness if it keeps humans in the light.”

“There were two kinds of monsters, the kind that hunted the streets and the kind that lived in your head. She could fight the first, but the second was more dangerous. It was always, always, always ...”

“I've been thinking of something your father said - that the true measure of love is what one is willing to give up for it. He was talking about freedom - fighting for liberty. But I believe 'tis th...”

“Those of us who are most genuinely repelled by war and violence are also those who are most likely to decide that some things, after all, are worth fighting for.”

“Was it permitted to believe that there was nowhere upon the earth, or above the earth, a heaven for hogs, where they were requited for all this suffering? Each one of these hogs was a separate crea...”