Suddenly the world seemed a much simpler place. He would take some time and spend it on what was really important. Then, once he and Vin had sought help from the North, they could return. He actually looked forward to coming back and tackling their problems with renewed vigor.

This is not an easy time in which to live. That does not mean that it has to be a difficult time to love,

This isn’t a decision to be made lightly, under the influence of strong emotions.”

“It was his ability to trust,” she said. “It was the way that he made good people into better people, the way that he inspired them. His crew worked because he had confidence in them—because he respected them. And in return, they respected each other.

We use each other, for love, for support, for trust.” “Trust will kill you,” he said. “Then it is better to die.”

In Zane’s opinion, dying someday was better than dying today.

This is what cornered men are like, my dear Terrisman, Breeze thought. This is what happens when they lose hope. They might be able to keep up appearances in front of the soldiers, but put them alone with their friends

It was a game—so much of one, in fact, that the young Breeze had found the open brutality of the skaa underground to be refreshing.

both of you think far too much about what should be, rather than what is.”