Suddenly he didn’t care if the revolution were lost or won, only that it be over. - Lisa Goldstein

He knew that there could never be an apology enormous enough for what he had just said. He didn’t care. He was tired of people who told him what state his soul was in, André and Antonin and a few of the others who took their cue from André. He had gone through something, something so strange that even now he was not sure what it meant, but he knew he was somehow stronger for it. He would not give that up to be a follower again.

Lots of people would give anything to be in your place."
"I'm not lots of people," Mary said. "I'm me. That's what I'll never forgive, that you did all this without even asking me.

Layla’s story, though not always accurate, was far more interesting than the truth.