"We're getting old," he said. "No," said Paula Zarte. "You are. I'm just not as young as I was." - Jon Courtenay Grimwood

The thought came and went, more wish than thought. Maria wasn’t good at considering her own emotions. Most of the time the girl found it hard to believe that what she felt might matter.

But those would be lies and Tris never lied to herself. At least not more than was required to stay human or sane. Lying to others was different. That was what people like her did if they wanted to remain alive.

Gene Newman was Catholic, although not so Catholic that he had more than two children.