"But this is the thing about struggling out of that hole you've put yourself in: the higher you climb, the farther you have to fall."

"Her spine was steel. Her heart was armor. Her eyes were fire."

"And that is why you become a dealer of death. You feed death as many people as you can to keep it full and content so its eye stays off you."

"Even if I wanted to remember the good things, it's my body rejecting the idea. So, I remember all the bad things instead."