"We, men, who work hard to get somewhere in life, to make something of ourselves in life, to mean something to someone, to have what our ancestors never had.....We, men, who toil for a name, respect, l..."
- Noorilhuda
"Even in death, her mother was winning."
"Aurora, you're a child, live like one, don't act like one. Enjoy the innocence, dump the immaturity."
"She had to save herself from every last one of them. All of them, the people at the orphanage, the foster care system, the middle school, they were all outsiders and strangers and a possible threat......"
"He also knew the language of The Klingons, but the army had no use for it."
"The list of lifesavers left him numb, clueless - the action, indifferent."
"How do you circumvent a mind bent upon lying to get away from the truth?"
"If you can get to be you, why can't I get to be me?"
"I ask you, what would you do if you could erase one bad memory and retain all that was beautiful in your life? Would you not move heaven and earth - and get loads of therapy - to have that?"