This body had carried me through a hard life. It looked exactly the way it was supposed to.

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.

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

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

There is enough work for every soul, if we use our specific gifts to meet the specific needs of the society.

Reality is how you look at it

A leader learned to follow, and serves the followers who are learning to lead. ~T.F. Hodge

We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror.

There's only one thing that can save a man from madness and that's uncertainty.

The thing about a mirror is this: The one who stares into it is condemned to consider the world from her own perspective.

All male writers, incidentally, no matter how broke or otherwise objectionable, have pretty wives. Somebody should look into this.

A pleasant aperitif, as well as a good chaser for a short quick whiskey, as well again for a fine supper drink, is beer.

The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is.

Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.