“Dont do anything stupid.""Dont worry," I whispered over the line, "Im an expert on stupid.""Youre...""Like, I can spot stupidity, because I know it so well. The way an exterminator knows bugs reall...”

“I wasnt a nerd, mind you, but Id spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so Id had limited experience with social interaction. I mixed with ordinary people about the same way that a bucket of paint...”

“My life wasnt just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently.”

“If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.”

“As shed left, Id glanced at her gun.This time, when shed pointed it at me, shed flicked the safety on. If that wasnt true love, I dont know what was.”

“I hadnt been a nerd, mind you. Id just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.”

“The old joke is that psychiatrists are doctors who can't stand the sight of blood. Maybe they can't stand it, but if they work where I work, they damn well better get used to it.At least surgeons a...”

“Charlestonians had a particularly vicious and cunning game, developed after the War. They treated outsiders with so much graciousness and consideration that their politeness became a weapon. 'Visit...”

“You can't forgive your captor and simultaneously be upset at your place in society.”

“The word I think of is precarious. I am struck by how precarious it all is. How the things that hold us are only as strong as the faith we have in them.”

“faith gaped at him"how the hell did you do this?" He looked at her as if she'd asked the dumbest question in history. "I'm brilliant.”

“But it wasnt. Sex is not the most intimate thing two lovers can do. Even when the sex is beautiful. Even when its perfect. Millie drew a deep breath as if she remembered how perfect it had truly be...”

“The power to cause pain is the only power that matters, the power to kill and destroy, because if you can't kill then you are always subject to those who can, and nothing and no one will ever save ...”

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”

“Smartass Disciple: Master, why should people love each other ?Master of Stupidity: Well, orgasm is felt better than kill each other.”