He was like Superman, but with fangs and oddly impaired morals.

Such a small thing to cause so much trouble.

It was unsettling to be in love with someone who looked like the face in her nightmares.

I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality.

I jerked my chin toward Frost’s body. ‘All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.’ Hao said, “Life is not safe. A man might spend his whole time on earth staying safe in a basement, and in the end, he still dies like everyone else.” Half-naked, covered with the same filth we all were, he still gave the impression of being in control of himself and his environment.

When a man is on the verge of passing out from pain, it seemed wrong to notice how beautiful he was.

You play games with people's lives.(...) You forget that they are fragile.