“It’s a mad, mad world when your best friend is a dog and your second-best friend is an automatic rifle, but such was life in the Aze.”

“My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”

“I hadn’t been in proper school in three years. My parents were my two best friends. My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”

“A small olive-skinned creature who had hit puberty but never hit it very hard, Ben had been my best friend since fifth grade, when we both finally owned up to the fact that neither of us was likely to attract anyone else as a best friend.”

“My third best friend was an author who did not know I existed.”

“In this world, Colin figured, you're best off staying with your kind.”

“In the darkest days, the Lord puts the best people into your life." (p. 28)”