I wanted to show these people who he really was. And pain always did that, took the insides out."

pg 364

What a person did when they were in pain said a lot about them.

pg 459

The scars on her face said something different about her, too-that she, like Cyra, knew what she was risking when she risked her life."

pg 337

This is not a crisis, I told myself. You are alive.

Are you a stupid sheep in the flock or a free eagle in the sky? Look at the mirror, what are you? Are you some dullish cattle in the herd or a wise owl in the forest? Look at the mirror, what are you?

We have this weird thing in the world where you don't get insulted for what you do, you get insulted for who you are.