12.21.12 Quotes

“The damned sand got everywhere: in her shoes, in her hair, in her mouth. Even in her ... Well, even in her you-know-what. Christine Smyth despised Egypt. She hated heat. She hated the desert. She hated hookahs and kebabs and overcrowded Cairo city buses. But she especially hated sand.”
― Killian McRae, 12.21.12

“Many were the years Victoria had spent trying to rid herself of the compassion she felt for those to whom she allotted her blood and imparted her “gifts”. Guilt was not so easily assuaged, it turned out. Proxies rarely survived long after the bonding, if they survived at all. The last held the record at seven years. Now, if Alex survived even seventy years, she would see only the torment her presence had wrought.”
― Killian McRae, 12.21.12