Honor, ” I said with a snort. “Honor has no place in survival.

It's hard to know what's right in this life, ' she said. 'We do what we can, but what we really need is mercy. Do you know who taught me that?' A grin. 'You.'"P459

Yeah, well, we're all afraid." I sighed. "The angry more than most, I think.

Freedom. He offered it like someone who didn't know what it meant, someone who had never had it taken away."pg 185

I know what it is to become something you hate, I know how it hurts. But life is full of hurt. And your capacity for baring it is much greater than you believe."pg 287

What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.pg 459

Soft hearts make the universe worth living in.

There is an art to Noavek bullshit, " Cyra said as she muted the feed. "We're taught it from birth.

I didn't scream I wasn't afraid. I knew I was strong enough to survive it all.

The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was risking when she risked her life."pg 337

You know, ' he said, the condition of sourness--or monstrousness, as you might call it--doesn't have to be permanent.'P189

My home is not a place

... the courage of one's opinions is always a form of calculating cowardice in the eyes of the 'other side'...

If no one on this planet ever loves you, I always will.

What makes that song, I think, is how stark it is.

So is it always nationalist to resist US globalization? The US thinks it is, and wants you to agree; and, moreover, to consider US interests as being universal ones.

The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.

Thank you for the opportunity for the Democratic Party and progressives to reclaim the votes of the sane citizens of these United States.

Successful stocks don't tell you when to sell. When you feel like bragging, it's probably time to sell.

We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are.

Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is pain. I don't want you to go through that. So what I'm trying to do is save you decades of time by bringing you the best.