There's a place for everything and everyone, you know. That is the mistake they make above. They think that only certain people have a place. Only certain kinds of people belong. The rest is waste. But even waste must have a place. Otherwise it will clog and clot, and rot and fester.

“But for now, the future, like the past, means nothing. For now, there is only a…”

“I don't care about that," he says, lower. Another pause, and then: "I just don'…”

“That's the easy thing about falling: there is only one choice after that.”

“Are you a girl or a boy?' Liesl was wearing the same thin nightshirt she had be…”