Self-pity is egotism undiluted, after all—self-centeredness in its purest form.

God doesn't call the equipped, son. God equips the called. And you have been called.

It's hard to plan for what comes next when what comes next is not something you planned for.

Some things you can never leave behind. They don't belong to the past. They belong to you.

It's an either/or world now.

I am a shark, Cassie," he says slowly, drawing the words out, as if he might be speaking to me for the last time. Looking into my eyes with tears in his, as if he's seeing me for the last time. "A shark who dreamed he was a man.

That's a stupid question,' said Malachi. 'Because he didn't warn him. He didn't warn anyone.' 'No, it's a philosophical question,' Kearns corrected him. 'Which makes it useless, not stupid.