“Because I'm dangerous. I don't mean to be but I am. I'm dangerous to be around, dangerous to everybody. I cause harm. I might even harm you. And I couldn't bear that.”

“Days, weeks, months, years," said the boy. "Minutes and hours and seconds. I don't know about any of those things.”

“I feel apart from everything and a part of everything.”

“She knew it was the right decision, even though she was still scared. Doing nothing would achieve nothing.”

“Doesn't seem right, does it? A split second to lose him and a lifetime to grieve over him.”

“There could never be innocence in a world without justice.”

“You don't know. When I'm out there at night I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and fingernails, everything, it's like I'm full of electricity and I'm glowing in the dark - I'm on fire almost - I'm burning away into nothing - but it doesn't matter because I know exactly who I am.”