The only good thing about having your back to the wall is that it makes it really easy to choose which way you're going to go.

Rain was coming down in sheets. I could hear it, on the concrete outside and on the old building above me. It creaked and swayed in the spring thunderstorm and the wind, timbers gently flexing, wise enough with age to give a little, rather than put up stubborn resistance until they broke. I could probably stand to learn something from that.

Here there be monster." Bob whispered, half hysterically. "Run! Run already!

This is ridiculous. I look like the Games Workshop version of a Jedi Knight.

At the moment I was mad enough to chew up nails and spit out paper clips.

Because a sound tree doesn't have bad roots, Amara. No enterprise of greatness begins with treachery, with lying to the people who trust and love you

I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.