“It didn't matter what you looked like. It was how you carried yourself, how you saw yourself.”

“Once you told yourself a story enough times, it was so easy to keep on believing it.”

“And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.”

“I can pick up the city feeds on my antenna. It said they were going to change you all. Turn you into something less dangerous. Are you still...?"She gazed at him. "What do you think, David?"He peered into her eyes for a long moment, then sighed and shook his head. "You just look like Tally to me."She looked down, her vision blurring.What's the matter?"Nothing, David." She shook her head. "You just took on five million years of evolution again."I what? Did I say something wrong?"No." She smiled. "You said something right.”

“Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.”

“Maybe this was how you stayed sane in wartime: a handful of noble deeds amid the chaos. ”

“No matter how far from the war we run, it always catches up with us.”