Wayward: Wayward Pines: 2 (The Wayward Pines Trilogy)

by Blake Crouch

Townies. They were oblivious. All of them. So beautifully oblivious.

You run a mostly benevolent dictatorship with occasional slaughter.”

“Have you considered that maybe this idea of hope, at least the way that you conceive of it, is a holdover from your past life that serves no purpose?”

“Nice couple,” Ethan said. “Please don’t ever do that with me, darling.” “Do what?” She glanced up at Ethan in the dark. “You know.” “I don’t.” “Surface conversation. Filling the silence with bullshit. I do it every day of my life, and I will continue to do as I’m told. But I can’t stand it with you.”

“Never assume you know where someone else is coming from.”