“She’s trying to figure out the Plague on her own and not taking what the Rising says for granted.”

“Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”

“The only excuse I can think of is the truth – she’s broken. Until someone can figure out how to fix her, what else can she do?”

“I see the daring girl rise to the surface. She’s feeling like she can take on the world, conquer anything including an ex-boyfriend. She’s ready to jump. And I’m ready to catch her.”

“Kat bought a New York Times but couldn’t figure out how to operate it, so now she’s fiddling with her phone.”

“Who can say what they’d have done in her situation. She’s stronger than she knows. I tried to tell her that every day, too.”“Was that the truth?” Grant asks.Joseph smiles. “You ever see a tree that’s dying, it’s nothing but a bunch of dried out branches? You can talk to this tree, tell it all about how its leaves are growing green and healthy. Then you sit back and watch how it changes.”