We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Manchee under my breath.

No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning.

Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with a charisma and top marks is still a bully." She sighed, annoyed. "He'll probably end up Prime Minister one day. God help us all.

Worst is the one who knows better and does nothing.

Girls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and it’s pulled into shapes behind their heads or on either side.

Didn't you finish your chemistry in school?" "You closed the school and burnt all the books." "Ah, so I did.

Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.