It's not enough, is it? Just to follow; just to have faith in someone bigger and smarter and better informed. That's how we're built, that's how every Partial is wired - to follow orders and trust in our leaders - but it's not enough. It never has been. We've followed our leaders, and sometimes they win and sometimes they lose; we do what they say and we play our part. But this is our decision. Our mission. And when we're done, it will be our victory, or our defeat. I don't want to fail, but if I do, I want to be able to look back and say, 'I did that. I failed. That was all me.

It's not John who wants to cut his mother into tiny pieces, it's Mr. Monster. See? I feel better already.

You make your own choices, Kira, and you can’t let anyone ever take that away from you.

Hockey,' mused Marcus. 'The sport of kings.

I'm going to cure RM." Marcus laughed. "I wondered when someone would finally get around to that. It's been on my to-do list for ages, but you know how things are: Life gets so busy, and saving the human race is such an inconvenience.

I'd rather know how you feel than hope and wonder and delude myself for weeks on end.

Humanity will destroy itself, body and soul, before it will learn a simple lesson.