It's not often real that you encounter the real person behind a good-natured mask, the darkest part of someone. It's not comfortable what you do.

You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a long time" This is the Marcus that Tobias knows. The one who knows right where to hit to cause the most damage.

Sometimes all I want is to be a few inches taller so the world does not look like a dense collection of torsos.

It's not that I ever sat down and outlined a trilogy, but I always have a sense of what size an idea is when I start it.

Being honest doesn't mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.

The truth has a way of changing people's plans.

Relax Beatrice, I've driven a car before.' MARCUS 'I've done a lot of things before, but that doesn't mean I'm any good at them!' TRIS