“ I wanted to do it again tonight. When I had Agent Harris unconscious in the bathroom — I wanted to hurt him and crush him and cut him until you couldn't even tell who he was anymore, but I didn't. Bec… Dan Wells
“ The last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world. Dan Wells
“ I'd made a long list of exceptions to cover the area between "ignoring her completely" and "abducting her at knifepoint. Dan Wells
“ It's not enough, is it? Just to follow; just to have faith in someone bigger and smarter and better informed. That's how we're built, that's how every Partial is wired - to follow orders and trust in… Dan Wells
“ I'm on the edge, Neblin, I'm off the edge - I'm over the edge and falling into hell on the other side.''Calm down, John,' he said. 'We can work through this. Just tell me where you are.''I'm down in t… Dan Wells
“ They buried him in dirt that smelled like broken batteries, and crouched in a fiberglass shed while the acid rain poured down to dissolve his flesh and bleach his bones. Dan Wells
“ Hello, Bradley,' said Mom. She'd regained her composure after my outburst, and now raised her camera. 'Stand close.''No, Mom,' I said. 'No pictures.''But you're friend's here now,' she said, waving us… Dan Wells
“ The books in the library were old, rotted, and there was no one left in the world to read them, but Kira made sure that none of them went into the fire. It seemed wrong. Dan Wells
“ Most fires crackle and pop, but that's not really the fire talking, it's the wood. To hear the fire itself you need a huge blaze like this one, a furnace so powerful it roars with its own wind. I crou… Dan Wells
“ In my biology class, we'd talked about the definition of life: to be classified as a living creature, a thing needs to eat, breathe, reproduce, and grow. Dogs do, rocks don't, trees do, plastic doesn'… Dan Wells
“ To us he's like... like scenery, in the background of our lives, but for him, he's the main character. He has a life and a job and a whole story. He's a real person. And to him, we're the background s… Dan Wells
“ Isolde took a swig. "It doesn't matter if you believe it or not. Your government just gave you two months to get knocked up." She held up the bottle, her face dull and red. "Cheers." "You better get y… Dan Wells
“ Manhattan was a no-man's land, empty, an unofficial demilitarized zone between Partials and the human survivors. No one was supposed to be here, not because it was forbidden but because it was dangero… Dan Wells
“ I've been watching you ever since you came into town, and you never gave a single sign that you were interested in her. That's why I made a move. If I couldn't tell, neither can she.""I'm very bad at… Dan Wells
“ The most important thing you can ever know is that no matter what your purpose is, that's not your only choice. Dan Wells
“ Last of all, this book owes perhaps its biggest debt to the ultimate models for Kira and Heron and every other awesome girl in the Partials series: my two daughters. May you always have heroines to in… Dan Wells
