I wish I had a hundred years, she said, very quietly. A hundred years I could give to you.

This is what war does. Right here, in my hands. This is war.

Conor was no longer invisible. They all saw him now. But he was further away than ever.

even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice

There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.

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

TODD!" I yell again and I reach him and his Noise opens even farther and wraps around me like a blanket and I'm grabbing him to me, grabbing him to me like I'll never let him go and he calls out in pain but his other arm is grabbing me back - "I thought you were dead," he's saying, his breath on my neck. "I thought you were dead." "Todd," I say and I'm crying and the only thing I can say is his name. "Todd.