Knowledge is dangerous." ~pg 53

I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.

Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

We run down the right fork, Manchee at our heels, the night and a dusty road stretching out in front of us, an army and a disaster behind us, me and Viola, running side by side.

When luck ain't with you it's against you." ~pg 92

I was just trying to stay alive, looking for ways to find you, hoping you hadn't left me behind." "Never," I say. "Not never." He looks back up at me. "I'd never leave you neither." "You promise?" "Cross my heart, hope to die," he says, grinning shyly. "I promise, too," I say and I smile at him. "I ain't never leaving you, Todd Hewitt, not never again.

Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?