“A best friend is your voice when you can't find it.”

“TransformationIsn't easy when most of the people in your life think you're already perfect, and want you to stay just how they see you. Try to begina new phase, you'd better expectpush-back. Try to create a whole new you, your friend list will shrinkconsiderably.”

“Even good girls have secrets, ones even their best friends must guess.”

“When You Weren't Looking...why....Can't you...care...more...about...me.”

“When you've only got one little shimmer of sunshine, you capture it best you can.”

“But how many young people truly comprehend the face of war until it's staring them down? You can't patrol unfriendly villages without embracing paranoia. You can't watch your battle buddies blown to bits without jonesing for revenge. You can't take a blow to the helmet without learning to duck. And you can't put people in your crosshairs, celebrate dropping them to the ground, without catching a little bloodlust. Paranoia. Revenge. Bloodlust. These things turn boys into men. But what kind of men?”

“You want to shout, can't you see I'm here? Can't you see I'm brand new? Can't you see me at all?”