“. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .”

“She's read every word I've written," he said. "That's the truest way to know someone's heart.”

“Inside, I’m assaulted by the evening propaganda broadcasts coming over the apartment’s hardwired loudspeaker. There’s one in every apartment and factory floor in Pyongyang”

“The light, the sky, the water, they were all things you looked *through* during the day. At night, they were things you looked *into*. You looked *into* the stars, you looked *into* dark rollers and the surprising platinum flash of their caps.”

“The key to fighting in the dark is no different: you had to perceive your opponent, sense him, and never use your imagination. The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.”

“In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range”

“You can't leave me. I'm your captive," she said. "What good's a captive without her captor?”