The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world.

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

I need a sample of your blood,' said Kira. Marcus raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't know we'd reached that stage of our relationship.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Freedom is a responsibility to be earned, not a license for recklessness and anarchy. If someday, despite our strongest efforts and our deepest determination, we finally fall, let it be because our enemies finally beat us, not because we beat ourselves.

Fear is a ... it's a weird thing, when you think about it. People are only afraid of other things, they're never afraid of themselves.

Life comes from death, and weakness teaches us strength.