His specialty was interrogation. Imagine it, gentlemen. Being strapped to a table so that you are entirely at the mercy of a monster such as this. A ….

Sometimes shame is a more powerful engine than rage..

Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons..

I've managed to stay alive out here in the Ruin because I'm a realist. I allow the truth to be the truth, no matter how much I might want it to be so….

No matter what choice you make, it doesn't define you. Not forever. People can make bad choices and change their minds and hearts and do good things ….

Sometimes people say terrible things when they're scared. They don't mean to, but they can't help it. They lash out because if they can see that thei….

She wept for the hurt that he owned, a hurt she could never hope to remove..

It's just that I'm fifteen, and I have this crazy idea I might actually have a life in front of me. I don't see how it's going to do me much good to ….

Suffering is easier to endure when shared..

There are moments that define a person's whole life. Moments in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become balance on a single….

They held each other and wept as the night closed its fist around their tiny shelter, and the world below them seethed with killers both living and d….

Point is, people lie a lot. Sometimes out of habit. Not many people are good at telling the truth..

Closure isn't closure until someone's ready to close the door..

Rage was sometimes a useful ally in the heat of a fight, but it was a trickster. It made everything seem possible..

My whole body is a lethal weapon, you know. I know more ways to kill you than you know how to die..

I’m not sure I could trust a man who would bypass an Oreo in favor of vanilla wafers. It’s a fundamental character flaw, possibly a sign of true evil..

Guilt and rage, hatred and fear were pathways to weakness and clumsy choices..

There are moments that define a person's whole life. MOMENTS in which everything they are and everything they may possibly become hinge on a single d….

They won the war but lost the peace..

There was a sliver of moon and a splash of stars, and the light outlined her face and glistened on the tears that ran like mercury down her cheeks..

Generosity could be as contagious as the zombie plague as long as enough people were willing to be carriers..