Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come. ~pg 4

She felt worthless and hollow. There was no hope of fixing this. And when hope is gone, time is punishment.

One withers, another grows.

People don’t die because of loyalty.” They don’t?” She smiled. “Religion? Government? Are we not loyal to such things, sometimes to the death?” Eddie shrugged. Better,” she said, “to be loyal to one another.

Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.

Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.

The basis of everything, of all knowledge, is the ability to read.