If other things must be destroyed in order for fire to exist, that's all right with fire. As far as fire is concerned, that's what those things are there for in the first place.

Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't.

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.

I'd made a long list of exceptions to cover the area between "ignoring her completely" and "abducting her at knifepoint.

I am stronger than my trials.

If my life had no meaning there was no reason not to end it.

I guess all we have left are awesome dreams.