Persephone (Into Shadow, #2)

by Lev Grossman

Others—the boys mostly—seemed to actually be stimulated by the atmosphere of despair; they ran feral, like being on a school bus meant they were in international waters.

“Running fast is a basic human survival skill.” “That’s why we invented cars.”

I couldn’t believe I’d thought I could pass for an actual person.

I had ignored the warning label. I’d been ignoring it all my life.

One of the windows was gone, and cold rain was blowing in. My headache was completely gone.