You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.

There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility.

To exact revenge for yourself or your friends is not only a right, it's an absolute duty.

Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.

Your job description as a journalist is to question and scrutinize critically-neve r to repeat claims uncritically, no matter how highly placed the sources in the bureaucracy. Don't ever forget that. You're a damn good writer, but that talent is completely worthless if you forget your job description.

No matter how hard she tried to concentrate on something else, to pass the time and to distract her from the situation she was in, the fear came trickling out. It hovered like a cloud of gas around her, threatening to penetrate her pores and poison her.

Zalachenko...you're just an ordinary asshole who hates women.