And we all end up where we started

...the greatest weapon against big stupid men was a sharp mind.

His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of it." -Jonah Griggs

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Okay, would you like pizza?" "I don't think you deserve my company but I feel sorry for you so I'll say yes." "God help me," he said, half under his breath.

He knows no other way but ugliness,” Sir Topher said quietly. “He was taught no other lessons but those of force. His teachers have been scum who live by their own rules. No one has ever taught him otherwise.” “Am I to forgive?” she said, her voice shaking with anger. “No,” he said sadly. “Pity him. Or give him new rules. Or put him down like a wild animal before he becomes a monster who destroys everything he encounters.

You can't go around feeling too much.

I’m scared I’m going to spend the rest of my life in a state of yearning, regardless of where I am.