“Things are different here. There will be rules and regulations that you are not used to. You will have to follow them. All of them.”

“Its not a war. Its an annihilation, hed mumbled low for her ears only. Shed been unable to respond, only focusing on her own breath and marveling that she in fact was still breathing.”

“Shed found that holding on to him was the easiest and simplest thing to do, not thinking about the bomb, not thinking about the people it killed, not thinking about her family, and not thinking abo...”

“Everyone is dangerous in here, cant you see that? he warned.”

“He whispered for her ears only as he listed off the facts: Military are allowed a larger portion. Being second in command restricts me from no room and giving orders is what Ive been hired to do. A...”

“No, well live. I promise you that. Hed said it in a way that she couldnt doubt, the same way hed snapped his soldiers back into their rank on the helicopter. His words had been soft yet firm, and s...”

“When you expect the world to end at any moment, you know there is no need to hurry. You take your time, you do your work well.”

“If it happens that the human race doesn't make it, then the fact that we were here once will not be altered, that once upon a time we peopled this astonishing blue planet, and wondered intelligentl...”

“I like living in my head because in there, everyone is kind and innocent. Once you start integrating yourself into the world, you realize that people are nasty, mean creatures. They're worse than z...”