“Hell, any game that gives its players guns is probably not the kind that'll ever really let you go free.”

“I need to use my mind in a way that slows the out-of-control beating in my chest. The darkness around us could be anywhere, anytime. I could be alive or dead. Okay, I choose alive. While Im at it, ...”

“we've learned an interesting rule about fame. Those who seem desperate for it are the people that others least want to see.”

“There is a saying that bad traders divorce their spouse sooner than abandon their positions. Loyalty to ideas is not a good thing for traders, scientists - or anyone.”

“I was relying on youth be loyal to the specific variety of compromise and unhappiness, which our hard-won marriage represents.”

“It is not until an act occurs within the landscape of the past and future that it is a human act. Loyalty, which asserts the continuity of past and future, binding time into a whole, is the root of...”

“We had come to identify who was behind all the prodding and the pushing. Everything that happens to you, is really your very own. Nobody is responsible for you. You are whole and sole responsible f...”

“We are each responsible for all of our experiences.”

“Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and radical.”

“Her chest began to quake softly. "Why?" "Why what, sweetheart?" I said gently. "Why do you want me?" I didn't even have to think. "Because anyone who's been through what you have and can still com...”

“If you run from me, I will chase you, and I'll find you....”

“Percy (to Annabeth): If I was going to pick one person in the world to reattach my head, I'd pick you.Silena: Awww . . . Percy, that is so sweet!Annabeth: Shut up, Silena.”