"It's people like you, Ron, who prop up rotten and unjust systems, just because they are too lazy…" Chapter 9, pg. 112.

"…he felt the excitement drain out of him as though someone had just pulled a plug in his stomach." Chapter 25, pg. 403

"Curiosity is not a sin. But we should exercise caution with our curiosity." Chapter 30, pg. 520.

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance and only with acceptance can there be recovery."

"…it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be." Chapter 36, pg. 615

"We are only as strong as we are united and as weak as we are divided." Chapter 37, pg. 627

"There was no point in worrying yet. … What would come, would come … and he would have to meet it when it did." Chapter 37, pg. 636.