What's this about flashing underwear?" says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. "Whatever it is, I'm in.

I’m not anyone,” he says. “I’m nobody. That’s what being factionless is.

People, even genetically damaged people, make choices. That’s what matters.’

Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.

To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.

That quality frightens me now, because I know what he told me: that I was broken, that I was worthless, that I was nothing. How many of those things did he make me believe?

It’s not a perfect situation. But when you have to choose between two bad options, you pick the one that saves the people you love and believe in most. You just do. Okay?