And changing for the better doesn't mean that he's ever going to reach good.

You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.

Francia don’t look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.

Men do monstrous things but if you call a man a monster you have absolved yourself of blame. You don't have to think that you might ever do these things. I don't think that's true

...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.

You love him," he says. Not an asking, just a fact. "I do," I say. Also a fact.

Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind.