I'm a fairly religious person, so I believe in some things that sound a little crazy I'm sure, depending on where you're standing. I believe in leaving room for things that you can't explain in the universe, and you don't have to be religious to leave room for those things.

No matter how long you train someone to be brave, you never know if they are or not until something real happens.

Since he saved me from the attack, I have associated his smell with safety, so as long as I focus on it, I feel safe now.

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.

There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.

Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death you know is coming.

You don't have to tell me everything right away, but I have to tell you everything right away? Can't you see how stupid that is?