It's in our blood to start again.

I closed my eyes. I forced myself to relax, to remember that here, now, and always, I was the predator.

They were never scared of the kids who might die, or the empty spaces they would leave behind. They were afraid of us-the ones who lived.

You're a wizard," I snapped. "Can't you just use magic to make your own food?" "Ah, yes," he retorted. "Because mud pies are so very delicious and the wind fills empty stomachs quite nicely.

The thing that scares me is that some part of me understands where they're coming from. They took everything from us, you know? Why shouldn’t we be able to take it back if we have the power to?

Ruby, I lied before. I would have run. —CG

You can destroy a factory, and they'll build another. But once you destroy a life, that's it. You never get that person back.