Not like Tobias, who is almost shy when he smiles, like he is surprised you bothered to look at him in the first place.

Ser sincero en todo momento debe requerir valor. Yo no sabría hacerlo.

He stares at me, and I don't look away. He isn't a dog, but the same rules apply. Looking away is submissive. Looking him in the eye is a challenge. It's my choice.

Human beings as a whole cannot be good for long before the bad creeps back in and poisons us again.

I am his, and he is mine, and it has been that way all along.

It's stupid to miss a thing when there are so many people to miss instead, but I miss this train already, and all the others that carried me through the city, my city, after I was brave enough to ride them. I brush my fingers over the car wall, just once, and then jump.

People tend to overestimate my character," I say quietly. "They think that because I'm small, or a girl, or a Stiff, I can't possibly be cruel. But they're wrong.