"We've all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own. I don't want to do that. I want to be brave, and selfless, and smart, and kind, and honest."He clears his throat. "I continually struggle with kindness."
"That is death - shifting from "is"to "was."
"It must require bravery to be honest all the time."
"I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different."
"Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it."
"I breathe in. The water will wash my wounds clean. I breathe out. My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God. It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. It is only natural. I am glad, suddenly, that I shot Eric in the foot instead of the head."