"numbers language of the universe and they will hide me I can hide behind them because they are never angry they are never wrong they choose no sides and expect nothing they are purely themselves and will never betray me"
"Herc looked at Chuck. He couldn't decide whether to be proud of Chuck's bravery, irritated that Chuck had jumped ahead of him, or disappointed the way all fathers were disappointed when their sons were too much like they had been at the same age."
"She had to remind herself to call him Marshal. He had ordered her not to call him Sansei since her admission to the Jaeger Academy in 2020. For the last five years she had held her tongue. Someday she would call him Sansei again."
"Five years ago, Chuck was still in high school, or whatever Australians called it."