“ Cassie?It’s Sammy, holding on to Ben, because he’s feeling the Ben thing a little more than he is the Cassie one at the moment. Who’s this guy falling from the ductwork, and what’s he doing with my si… Rick Yancey
“ I’d hate to see the look on my face when that mask came down and I saw the face behind it. Thinner than I remember. Paler. The eyes sunk deep into their sockets, kind of glazed over, like he’s sick or… Rick Yancey
“ So cold your tears freeze against your cheeks.'It's not my fault,' I told Bear. 'I don't make the weather. You got a beef, take it up with God.' That's what I've been doing a lot lately: taking it up… Rick Yancey
“ The world will burn for a hundred years. Fire will consume the things we made from wood and plastic and rubber and cloth, then water and wind and time will chew the stone and steel into dust. How baff… Rick Yancey
“ I am like the water that runs over me, immune to permanence, recycling endlessly. I am water; I am life. The form may change, but the substance stays the same. Strike me down and I will rise again. Vi… Rick Yancey
“ I've decided to trust him, but like somebody once said, you can't force yourself to trust. So you put all your doubts in a little box and bury it deep and then try to forget where you buried it. My pr… Rick Yancey
“ My nose is broken," I said. Damn that Dumbo. Made me self-conscious."My ankle's broken," he said."Then I'll come to you. Rick Yancey
“ The shadow raised its arm high in the air and I knew - I knew before I heard my name - that he'd found me again, keeper of the promise he couldn't make, the one I had marked with my blood and who had… Rick Yancey
“ We regarded each other across an expanse wider than the universe, within a space thinner than a razor's edge. Rick Yancey
“ Because if I am the last one, then I am humanity.And if this is humanity's last war, then I am the battlefield. Rick Yancey
“ Libraries, museums, universities, everything we designed and built over six thousand years. Cities are more than the sum of their infrastructure. They transcend brick and mortar, concrete and steel. T… Rick Yancey
“ But hope is no less realistic than despair. It is still our choice whether to live in light or lie down in darkness. Rick Yancey
