“Keep this in mind: there are no coincidences.”

“The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking.”

“At that moment I had no mind to change, or not change, or throw against the nearest wall.”

“I shot him the bird. (Get it? I shot him the—never mind.)”

“Here's a freebie: Don't play poker with a kid who can read minds.”

“Who, last time I'd checked, was still on our official archenemy list. (Yes, we have to keep a list. It's kind of sad.)”

“They [Erasers] were bad fliers," Angel chimed in, "And in their minds, they weren't all kill the mutants, like they usually are. They were like, remember to flap!”