The sun was a toddler insistently refusing to go to bed; it was past 8:30 and still light.

“All salvation is temporary," Augustus shot back. "I bought them a minute. Maybe…”

“Me gusta mirar a las personas guapas, y hace un tiempo decidí no privarme de lo…”

“I am never going to get better at being a good person. I am always going to be …”

“But what could I lose by continuing that had not already been lost?”