But I killed a man just like my mother did. David says it’s okay because I didn’t mean to, and because he was about to kill that little kid. But I’m pretty sure my mom didn’t mean to kill my dad, either, so what difference does that make, meaning or not meaning to do something? Accident or on purpose, the result is the same, and that’s one fewer life than there should be in the world.

Humans can't tolerate emptiness for long.

Well, half of half our faction.' 'In some circles they call that a quarter, Mar,' Lynn says.

I forget that he is another person; instead it feels like he is another part of me, just as essential as a heart or an eye or an arm.

People are supossed to aspire to become their fathers, not shudder at the thought.

It is a gift. You cannot earn it, or it ceases to be a gift.

Noise and activity are the refuges of the bereaved and the guilty.