One of Sir Topher's rules was to never indulge in sentimentality, never return for what was left behind.

I do not believe that the desires of young boys cause catastrophic events. The actions of humans do.

A very underestimated part of the world, The Entrance is.

If she’s out here and not locked up in the barracks, I’ll know,” he said. He took a deep breath and whistled. “You share a whistle?” Trevanion said in disbelief. “Do you have a problem with that?” Finnikin asked. “I have a few whistles,” Lucian murmured. “Very confusing sometimes.” “Whistles are meant for combat,” Trevanion said. “Not wooing women. Women do not understand whistles.

We just have to learn to meet each other halfway okay?

And through all the misery, she said that some of us in this lifetime experience a moment of beauty beyond reckoning. I asked her what that was, and she said, "If you're one of the lucky ones, you'll know it when you see it. You'll understand why the gods have made you suffer. Because that moment's reward will make your knees weak and everything you've suffered in life will pale in comparison.

I live on the Jellicoe Road. Where trees make canopies over-head and where you can sit at the top of them and see forever.