No true hero ever believes that they are one.

The living would come up with endless theories to argue, because the living were exceptionally good at arguing, especially when no one knew the answer.

Unwinds didn't go out with a bang-they didn't even go out with a whimper. they went out with the silence of a candle flame pinched between two fingers.

Dead kids are put on pedestals, but mentally ill kids get hidden under the rug.

The Admiral's using us," he says to the kids around him. "Don't you see that?" Most of the kids just shrug, but Hayden's there, and he never misses an opportunity to add his peculiar wisdom to a situation. "I'd rather be used whole than in pieces," Hayden says.

Hope can be bruised and battered. It can be forced underground and even rendered unconscious, but hope cannot be killed.

Looks are deceiving," Risa says. "After all, when I first saw you I thought you looked reasonably intelligent.