The Gottschalk was a fine weapon."You, " I said to it, "are on probation. You'd better impress me."Great. Now I was talking to guns.

As she’d left, I’d glanced at her gun.This time, when she’d pointed it at me, she’d flicked the safety on. If that wasn’t true love, I don’t know what was.

I hadn’t been a nerd, mind you. I’d just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by himself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.

My name is David Charleston.I kill people with super powers.

My life wasn’t just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently.

If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.

I let out a sound that was definitely not a whimper. It was something far more manly, no matter what it sounded like.

If we stop helping people because we’re afraid, or ambivalent or whatever, then we lose. Let them do evil. I’ll stop them.

As accurate as a blind man pissing during an earthquake.”“Wow..., ” I breathed.She frowned

Oh, ” Obliteration continued, “I think that you’ll find a man can do many things thought impossible, if he tries hard enough.

Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me, ' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.

Don’t just be a deliverer of yourself, but a deliverer of your whole nation

The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.

All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another and is precious according to the greatness of the soul that utters it.

It is unjust that the whole of society should contribute towards an expence of which the benefit is confined to a part of the society.

How could I be out there and not do anything?

Knowledge is no longer an immobile solid; it has been liquefied. it is actively moving in all the currents of society itself

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great.

Purity of soul cannot be lost without consent.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

That's the good part of having my past follow me, is that sometimes some of that stuff can help.