Grief,she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

I didn't want to see you." "They told me." "I was afraid that I'd still love you." "I hoped that you would.

I be crazy too, little buddy, but at least when I be craziest, I be floating all alone in space and the crazy, she float out of me, she soak into the walls, and she don't come out till there be battles and little boys bump into the walls and squish out de crazy.

Remember, the enemy's gate is down.

You're a monster. Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise? No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable.

Maybe she couldn't know who she was today. Maybe it was enough to know that she was no longer who she was before.

Human beings are free except when humanity needs them.