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She decided to keep this letter because of the strange way it was written.

The people of Ember were just as grubby as the people of Sparks; everyone looked more or less the same.

A darkness different from Ember's, but just as frightening ...

she loved exploring every nook and cranny

What could be more interesting than thinking of mysterious happenings, finding the answers to intriguing questions, and making up new worlds?

Lina laughed. So did Doon. A look went between them, like a quick current of electricity

Her face, which had never seemed especially remarkable, looked almost beautiful, because she looked so happy.

A person who thought he knew everything simply didn't understand how much there was to know.

She loved to run. She could run forever. And she loved exploring every nook and cranny of the city, which was what a messenger got to do.

Signs of craziness, like Hoyt McCoy dancing around naked? Disgusting filthiness, like a smelly outhouse or rat-swarmed garbage?

Wouldn't it be strange, she thought, to have a blue sky? But she liked the way it looked. It would be beautiful - a blue sky.

Blotches of blood looked more like a soupspoon than an R. Several people told him angrily to be quiet.

All these words, written so long ago, seemed to say to her, Remember us. We were here. We were real.

Doon was touched. Kenny looked like a tiny little wisp, but there was something strong inside him.
People of Sparks

Unintended consequences, he thought miserably.
He was angry at his anger, the way it surged up
and took over.

She flicked off the TV.

And you, Mackie," said the doctor. "It's been a long time.

He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato

Maybe. The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is.

Nickie didn't like listening to him because his voice always sounded too smooth.

People find a way through just about anything.

He found his aunt in the kitchen, and he grabbed her by the waist of her pants

The day had a strange but comforting feel to it, like a rest between the end of one time and the beginning of another.

Tick wanted power. He wanted glory. He wanted war, with himself in command. He had raised his army

Then there might be dead people.

Lina loved her little sister so much that it was like an ache under her ribs.

People in Ember rarely threw anything away. They made the best possible use of what they had.

This world was huge. There must be another place in it for the people of Ember.

How can you stand to do it? The poor little mouse!"
Grover shrugged. "It's nature," he said. "Nature likes the snake just as much as the mouse.

Full to the brim with hope and love and joy, she watched the little light bulb shining like a promise in the night.

Maybe there was no happily ever after [ ... ] but there was happiness sometimes and she had it now, doing what she knew she was born for.

Why, if its going to be allright, do we see it getting worse every day?