if one of us falls, we all fall

Too much talking," I say. "Not enough running.

I do what I have to do," I say. I do what I have to do to save him. I do what I have to do to save Todd.

Doing what's right should be easy. It shouldn't be just another big mess like everything else.

That's the thing I'm learning about being thrown out on yer own. Nobody does nothing for you. If you don't change it, it don't get changed.

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.

That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.