- "you can't ask me not to love you by keeping me at arm's length. i'll love you anyway."
- "do me a favor. send dimitri voronin my regards when you see him in hell."
- " a city reborn is a city traumatized. it remembers its past, every second that it took to get to this point. it sees the former version of itself and knows that it has changed, its boots no longer fitting, its hats no longer comfortable. the streets trace how they used to sprawl. no matter how it is paved over and reorganized, memories and echoes do not fade away that easily. trauma doesn't have to lead to destruction. trauma can be the guiding point to something better, something stronger. "
- "nation over everything. but not you, sweetheart. never your life in exchange."
- "who did this to you?" orion's voice was violently quiet. "i'll kill them."
- "don’t"—he swung again—"touch"—another hard thwack—"my"—the crate broke into two pieces—"wife."
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