“Rights are susceptible to subversion, as even granite is susceptible to erosion.”

“It'll be all right." Julia's gentleness makes it worse. "In the end, Jace.""It doesn't feel very all right.""That's because it's not the end.”

“The dust was deep and crisp and even.”

“Lying's wrong, but when the world spins backwards, a small wrong may be a big right.”

“Naming, thinks Jacob, even in ridicule, gives what is named substance.”

“Taro taught me that people respect spirit, but even cowards don't respect cowards.”

“Dogs hate foxes. Nazis hate Jews. Hate doesn’t need a why. Who or even what is ample.”