So she became impulsive, scared by her inaction into perpetual action. When the Eagle confronted her with the expulsion, maybe she blurted out Marya's name because it was the first that came to mind, because in that moment she didn't want to get expelled and she couldn't think past that moment. She was scared, sure. But more importantly, maybe she'd been scared of being paralyzed by fear again. ~Miles/Pudge on Alaska, pg 120-121

We're invisible. I've never been here with someone else. It's different being invisible with someone.

Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn't the way they actually are... People are different when you can smell them and see them up close.

Books belong to their readers.

I just want to fly under the radar, because when you start to make yourself into a big deal, that's when you get shot down.

And okay, fair enough, but there is this unwritten contract between author and reader and I think not ending your book kind of violates that contract.

But I will say this: When the scientists of the future show up at my house with robot eyes and they tell me to try them on, I will tell the scientists to screw off, because I do not want to see a world without him.