Threes Quotes

“The planes fly over and drop their horrible death every day. You learn to live with the sound… Do you believe children up there who see their parents, see each other, turned into meat and bone, you think they’re gonna grow up and accept peace? You think they won’t attack compounders in the envelope from now until forever? We are making terrorists every day, thousands of them! This is what they want… They want to turn every red into a terrorist, every rez into hell. They will get their wish, on the spirit they’ll get their wish! …Ozuye killed my mom. They killed my best friend. I will always keep that hatred. …But I can’t deny what I feel. They are people, like you, made violent.”
― Mert, Threes: 2

“So you’re both going in, maybe not exactly trading lines, but you’re both the leads. Like all of those girl rap duos that’ve been so big. You’re showing each other up, but you’re wanting the same thing…” He struck a pose. “Back to back at times, then facing each other, then one of you steps forward.” He did a confident walk across the room. “Push her behind with the fingers, a little bitchy, you know? But, you’re both there. You’re both killing it. You’re both showing the world how much fucking hotter it is to be 29 than it is to be 19”
― Mert, Threes: 2

“The descent became more steep.
Yadiel’s hope faded. He leaned over to see out the window. He wasn’t sure why.
No one can ever prepare you for how it all goes; the strangeness of it all.
“¿Lio?”
Lio looked at him. “Yeah?”
“Let’s try to hang out in Hell.”
― Mert, Threes: 2