I would rather be dead than empty

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

There is a reason you don’t know all the things I know. -Marcus Eaton

So small as to be negligible. It's strange, but there's something in that thought that makes me feel almost...free.

You are far less likely to soil your pants and cry for your mother if you’re prepared to defend yourself.

Scrubbing the floor when no one else wanted to was something that my mother would have done. If I can't be with her, the least I can do is act like her sometimes.

I also wanted to ask you if we can talk to the Erudite you're keeping safe here," I say. "I know they're hidden, but I need access to them." "And what do you intend to do?" she says. "Shoot them," I say, rolling my eyes. "That isn't funny.