“You know, being normal isn't a terrible thing," he says."It isn't terrible," I agree. "It's just a lack of courage.”
“It's a terrible thing, isn't it, the way we throw people away?”
“I do trust you, is what I want to say. But it isn't true -- I didn't trust him to love me despite the terrible things I had done. I don't trust anyone to do that, but that isn't his problem; it's mine.”
“Power isn't about doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, Reiner. It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.”
“Why isn't life better designed so it warns you when terrible things are about to happen?”
“It's tiring not knowing people isn't it?" Clio said later.It isn't word efficient," I agreed.”