They won the war but lost the peace.

I've managed to stay alive out here in the Ruin because I'm a realist. I allow the truth to be the truth, no matter how much I might want it to be something else.

The truth is the truth. What changes is what we know about it and what we're willing to believe.

Chong said, 'Do yourself a favor, Morg. Next time you're staring at a girl's boobs, look up. You'll be shocked to learn it, but there's going to be a face up there. Nose, mouth, eyes. And behind the eyes is an actual person.

Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth.

Guilt and rage, hatred and fear were pathways to weakness and clumsy choices.

Walls, towns, rules, and day-to-day life doesn't make us civilized ... That's organization and ritual. Civilization lives in our hearts and heads or it doesn't exist at all.