As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you.

Sooner or later usually means too late

It's amazing how quickly nature consumes human places after we turn our backs on them. Life is a hungry thing.

You and David could both be right. Maybe human beings are programmed … to help one another, even to fall in love. But just because it's human nature doesn't make it bad, Tally. Besides, we had a whole city of pretties to choose from, and we chose each other."-Zane

I kissed him once," she whispered. "Well done. What did he do?" "Um..." Deryn sighed. "He woke up.

Surely no one would ever use such a weapon against a city." "There are no limits in war," Volger said, still staring out the window.

Most men's awareness doesn't extend past their dinner plates.