He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.

Mace, you never read Smoky the Cowhorse,did you? No. Well,ol' Smoky, he had somebad things happen to him,had the heart knocked clean out of him.But he hung on and came out of it okay.I've been bashed up pretty good,Mason, but I'm going to make it.

Nothing sparkly can stay.

I didn't think much about that statement then. But later I would-I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think I'm going crazy.

I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.

That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent. It could be just the other way around - half of the hoods I know are pretty decent guys underneath all that grease, and from what I've heard, a lot of Socs are just cold-blooded mean - but people usually go by looks.

Writer's were supposed to be a litte crazy