My wit is like your legs," said Xochi. " It would be selfish of me to keep it hidden.

I wanted everything to stay the same, but you wanted things to be better, it's just...going to be a whole lot worse for awhile first. And I think I knew that, and I was scared of it." - Marcus

Life is a lone wolf, scratching out a living with teeth and claws and a heart of stone.

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.

It's like . . . time is flowing backward. We're caveman archeologists in the ruins of the future.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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