I figured I would shoot the bullets out of my nostrils, so I left [the gun] upstairs.

She believes that Tobias belongs to her now. She doesn't know the truth, that he belongs to himself.

What good is a prepared body if you have a scattered mind?

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.

I feel like myself, strong and weak at once - allowed, at least for a little while, to be both.

I know that I am birdlike, made narrow and small as if for taking flight, built straight-waisted and fragile. But when he touches me like he can't bear to take his hand away, I don't wish I was any different.

We believe that preparation eradicates cowardice, which we define as the failure to act in the midst of fear.