This is not going to be easy. I'm good at being bad, but I'm bad at being good. I don't know the first thing about good deeds.

They say you never know who's the real hero and who's the real coward until you're looking death in the face. I've always been afraid of plenty of things, but fear isn't what makes you a coward. It's how depraved your heart becomes when fear gets pumped through it.

You think you want to know the secrets of the universe. You think you want to see the way things all fit together. You believe in your heart of hearts that enlightenment will save the world and set you free. Maybe it will. But the path to enlightenment is rarely a pleasant one.

How much do you know about the Heartland War?' Connor shrugs. 'It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.

I'm scared," he says."I know," says the nurse."I want you all to go to Hell.""That's natural.

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

Getting to know someone in blind darkness changes your impression of them.