Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn't have this guilt -- the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it, not even Tobias. Maybe I should not be so afraid of saying anything, because honesty will make me feel lighter.

I'm going to stop a revolution,'' I say. I turn right, and Peter follows me.

If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.

I used to think about giving my life up for things, but I didn't understand what 'giving your life' really was until it was right there, about to be taken from me

You're not a coward just because you don't want to hurt people.

The goal of my life isn't just... to be happy. 'Wouldn't it be easier if it was, though?

Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.