We probably looked like starving orphan children. Hey! We were starving orphan children.

Yes, I sounded like a pathetic weenie. I prefer to think of it as showing my softer side.

Iggy’s spine tightened, his face like ice. When he’d been at the School, they’d tried to surgically enhance his night vision. Now he was blind forever. Oops.

Is it important to be right or is it important to do what's right? That's one of the hardest lessons to learn.

Angel screeched with fury and despair to the empty walls around her. "I'm human, do you hear me? It hurts!

Please, I begged silently, please do not let my last moments on earth be me crammed into a tiny boat in the dark, surrounded by mechanical singing pirates.

Gazzy: (Hugging himself and jumping up and down) "I'm brilliant! I'm a genius! I can blow up the world!" Max: (Raises her eyebrows) Gazzy: "Not that I would want to, of course," (coughs)