You don’t have the courage of a half-bred mongrel.

You'd tell the world what your best friend wore to sleep if you thought it made a good enough story.

I think I’ll just go take a shower,” I said. It wasn’t until Samuel stiffened that I remembered I’d just come out of the shower. So much for playing normal.

I am the reality of all coyotes. The archetype. The epitome. You are just a reflection of me.

If it would benefit you, I would kill every wolf here. But there are things that you need to do -- and interfering with that is not protecting, not in my book. The best way for me to protect you is to encourage you to be able to protect yourself.

Dont let the bastards grind you down?" Bran looked at me incredulously.

All change brings bad things and good things to replace the bad and good things that were before. It is natural to look back and say it was better before—but that does not make it true. Different is not worse. It is just different.