“Three rebellions ago, the air was fresher. The soft pasting noises of the rebel billposters remind us of Oklahoma, where everything is still the same.”
“When the noise is gone, and the air is still . . .prepare for survival.”
“if we don’t rebel, if we’re not physically in an active rebellion, then it’s spiritual death.”
“In this place the air he breathed was fresher, the sun was brighter, and life was filled with hope.”
“Everything that happened in the past "It was all necessary to bring us to where we are.”
“Where are my guards, Teleus?" He was still speaking softly. Three men dead and he wasn't even breathing hard, Costis noted.”