Cowards hide [...] but warriors lie and wait [...] the only difference is whether you're motivated by fear or purpose.

No true hero ever believes that they are one.

...One thing you learn when you've lived as long as I have-people aren't all good, and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now, I'm pleased to be in the light.

Should I push him or should I throw him?" Howie asks. "Do what comes naturally," I yelled back. "I don't know," he says. "This is a very unnatural thing.

Adulthood can do the most horrific things to the best of people.

Lord, if what I'm doing is wrong, then by all means strike me down. Otherwise set me free.

So much of my life had been under tight control. So much of Quinn's life had been wild insanity. What we needed now was both: a directed burst of controlled insanity.