“With the weight of four thousand years of cannibalism bearing down upon me, even if I was once innocent how can I now face real humans?”

“Lies written in ink cannot disguise facts written in blood.”

“لا يمكن أن تتحقق الأماني لمجرد أن نقولها، ولا يمكن أن تُقال لأن تتحقق؛ إنها مثل الطرقات في الأرض – وفي الواقع لم يكن في الأرض طرقات عند البداية – ولكن حين يسير كثير من الناس في اتجاه واحد .. يُصنع الطريق”

“A woman has so many parts to her body, life is very hard indeed.”

“Now you'll get to see how I can really run a building, darlin. Not even a cracked knee to hold me back, yeah? What a nice birthday present.”

“So, tell me,” he whispers. “How fast did you climb those fourteen stories?”Thomas makes a disapproving sound in his throat, but I break into a grin. Storm’s past. Metias loves me again. “Six minutes,” I whisper back to my brother. “And forty-four seconds. How do you like that?”“That must be some sort of record. Not that, you know, you’re supposed to do it.”

“I turn even more flustered when I remember that I have actually pistol-whipped him in the face before. Romantic.”