“And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.”

“Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos. ”

“That was the trick - to keep punching, no matter what.”

“Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.”

“Barking hard work, being a boy.”

“Deryn put her own arms around herself, but it didn't feel the same."Barking spiders," she muttered softly,”

“Kindness suits you.""Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it.”

“Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.”

“The man was allergic to sleep.”

“...the souls of none of them were dead, but only sleeping; now and then they would waken, and these were cruel times.”

“Sleep, where in the waste is the wisdom?”

“If you can't turn off your thoughts, who cares how soft your pillow is?"- David King”