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• You make your own choices, Kira, and you can’t let anyone ever take that away from you.

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  Choices, Kira, Away From You

  Dan Wells (2014). “Partials series 1-3 (Partials; Fragments; Ruins) (Partials)”, p.59, HarperCollins UK

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• If my life had no meaning there was no reason not to end it.

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  Reason, Ends, No Reason

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• It's not enough, is it? Just to follow; just to have faith in someone bigger and smarter and better informed. That's how we're built, that's how every Partial is wired - to follow orders and trust in our leaders - but it's not enough. It never has been. We've followed our leaders, and sometimes they win and sometimes they lose; we do what they say and we play our part. But this is our decision. Our mission. And when we're done, it will be our victory, or our defeat. I don't want to fail, but if I do, I want to be able to look back and say, 'I did that. I failed. That was all me.

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  Winning, Order, Play

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• The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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  Enemy, My Friends

  "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2". Video Game, www.imdb.com. 2009.

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• It's just one thing after another. Cars that won't run. Planes that will never fly again. Computer systems we can barely use, let alone re-create. It's like...time is flowing backward. We're caveman archeologists in the ruins of the future.

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  Running, Car, Use

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• Well, thanks for not shooting anyone, I guess", said Marcus. "My contribution was to somehow refrain from peeing myself. You can thank me later.

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  Shooting, Thanks, Refrain

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• It doesn't matter how many they kill," I told him. "And it's not awesome-it's wrong." "Then why do you talk about them all the time?" asked Max. "Because wrong is interesting.

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  Interesting, Max, Matter

  Dan Wells (2010). “I Am Not A Serial Killer”, p.26, Macmillan

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• When our ancestors were attacked at Pearl Harbor, they called it a day that would live in infamy. The day the Partials attacked us with the RM Virus will not live in anything, because there will be none of us left to remember it." -President David R. Cregan, March 21, 2065, in a press conference at the White House. Three hours later he hanged himself.

  Dan Wells

  White, House, President

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• When she fell asleep, she dreamed of death-- not just for her, not just for her species, but for every living thing she had ever known. The earth was flat and brown, a field of dirt as barren as the moon, a single road stretching in the distance. the last to fall were the buildings, distant and solemn, the gravestones for an entire world. Then they disappeared, and there was nothing left but nothing.

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  Distance, Fall, Moon

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• Each life has a different purpose, and some people can find their purpose more easily than others. The key, the most important thing you can ever know, is that whatever your purpose is, that's not your only choice" "No matter why you're here, no matter why any of us are here, you're never tied down to fate. You're never locked in. You make your own choices, Kira, and you can't let anyone ever take that away from you.

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  Fate, Keys, People

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• My wit is like your legs," said Xochi. " It would be selfish of me to keep it hidden.

  Dan Wells

  Selfish, Would Be, Legs

  Dan Wells (2014). “Partials series 1-3 (Partials; Fragments; Ruins) (Partials)”, p.61, HarperCollins UK

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• It's a pretty big shock to realise that the only people you can identify with are psychopathic killers.

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  People, Killers, Bigs

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• I'm not scared anymore, I just ... I don't know. I think it's because I saw someone else, someone behind your face, like you'd taken off a mask. It was still you, but it wasn't. And I don't think that person is going to hurt me, or Marci, or anybody else, but ... I guess the thing is that I don't know anything about that person. At all. And that's what scares me more than anything - that there could be two people, so different, and one of them so secret.

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  Hurt, Taken, Thinking

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• Humans aren't defined by death, and they're not defined by what they lack. They're defined by their connections.

  Dan Wells

  Connections, Humans, Defined

  Dan Wells (2010). “Mr. Monster”, p.267, Macmillan

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• Love's not the point. We just do what we always do, and we get by.

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  Dan Wells (2010). “I Am Not A Serial Killer”, p.224, Macmillan

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• Fear is about things that you can't control. The future or the dark, or someone trying to kill you. You don't get scared of yourself because you always know what you're going to do.

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  Dark, Trying, Scared

  Dan Wells (2010). “I Am Not A Serial Killer”, p.148, Macmillan

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• Fear is a ... it's a weird thing, when you think about it. People are only afraid of other things, they're never afraid of themselves.

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  Thinking, People, Weird Things

  Dan Wells (2010). “I Am Not A Serial Killer”, p.148, Macmillan

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• Hello, Bradley,' said Mom. She'd regained her composure after my outburst, and now raised her camera. 'Stand close.' 'No, Mom,' I said. 'No pictures.' 'But you're friend's here now,' she said, waving us together. 'Smile!' 'I don't need a picture with-' the flash snapped '-another guy. That's great, Mom, thank you. Send that one to Dad and tell him we're going steady.

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  Mom, Dad, Guy

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• I'm the demonslayer. Come and get me.

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  Dan Wells (2010). “Mr. Monster”, p.296, Macmillan

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• Dead bodies are calm and silent—perfectly still, perfectly harmless. A corpse will never move, it will never laugh, and it will never judge. A corpse will never shout at you, hit you, or leave you. Far away from the zombies and junk that you see on TV, a corpse is actually the perfect friend. The perfect pet. I feel more comfortable with them than I do with real people.

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  Real, Moving, People

  Dan Wells (2011). “I Don't Want to Kill You”, p.34, Macmillan

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• I can't imagine you not saying a word," said Marcus."I think you'd go crazy first.

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  Crazy, Thinking, Firsts

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• I didn’t study medicine to watch people die." -Kira

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  Medicine, People, Watches

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• I need a sample of your blood,' said Kira. Marcus raised an eyebrow. 'I didn't know we'd reached that stage of our relationship.

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  Blood, Eyebrows, Needs

  Dan Wells (2014). “Partials series 1-3 (Partials; Fragments; Ruins) (Partials)”, p.70, HarperCollins UK

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• Mother of mercy,"said Tovar."And that caused the riot?" "It's the other way around,"said Kira sheepishly."We started the riot as a distraction for the jaibreak." Tovar whistled."You don't mess aroud." P303

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  Mother, Kira, Way

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• Hockey,' mused Marcus. 'The sport of kings.

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  Sports, Kings, Hockey

  Dan Wells (2014). “Partials series 1-3 (Partials; Fragments; Ruins) (Partials)”, p.45, HarperCollins UK

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