Schooling ain't life." "Ain't it?" she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise.

And it feels like, finally.

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

If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an ocean.

Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.

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.

To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.