“What was the point, I had to wonder, of fighting so hard to learn to protect my life if I was destroying it in the process?”

“No. Not a death wish. Just very little left to lose.”

“It might have been my human side clamoring for blood, or my alien side looking for a chance to exercise strategic dominance over a lesser life form. Either way, I was going to win.”

“That was, in fact, my life. A whole series of reasonable lies.”

“Pretending to feel something you don't can often lead you to the real thing, in some form.”

“So what did it matter where she came from? Who-or what-her parents were? Everyone's family was messed up in some way including my own. And she was still the same Ariane.”

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”

“Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate ...”