“Tyranny anywhere is a threat to freedom everywhere.”

“You see, real freedom is something tangible- it's the American's birthright- but it is also something that can be taken away at a moment's notice.”

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

“Rosette disappeared onto the dance floor. Wells sat in silence for a minute, watching the dancers. The worldwide cult of fast money spent stupidly. The worldwide cult of trying too hard. Moscow, Rio, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York, London, Shanghai--the story was the same everywhere. The same overloud music, the same overpromoted brand names, the same fake tits, about as erotic as helium balloons. Everywhere an orgy of empty consumption and bad sex. Las Vegas was the cult's world headquarters, Donald Trump its patron saint. Wells had spent ten years in the barren mountains of Afghanistan and Pakistan. He never wanted to live there again. But if he had to choose between an eternity there or in the supposed luxury of this club, he'd go back without a second thought.”

“his brown eyes are intoxicating, and in that moment, I see my escape.”

“I am a prisoner of love.”

“I am living my death, little by little, each day.”