Pandemonium Quotes

“Ever notice "demon" in the word pandemonium?”

“Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandemonium.”

“I thought if I followed the rules, things would turn out all right. that's the thing about the cure, isn't it? It isn't just about deliria at all. It's about order. A path for everyone. You just have to follow it and everything will be okay. That's what the DFA is about. That's what I belevied in-what I've had to believe in. Because otherwise, it's just...chaos.”

“But I am terrified by what I want: for him, and worst of all, from him. Because I do want. I'm not even sure what, exactly, but the want is there, just like the hate and anger were there before. But this is not a tower. It is an endless, tunneling pit; it drives deep, and opens a hole inside me.”

“When you're completely free, you're also completely on your own.”

“And suddenly I am blindingly angry at Raven--for her lectures, and her stubbornness, and for thinking that the way that you help people is by driving them against a wall, by beating them down until they fight back.”

“This is the mistake they make above. They think that only certain people habe a place. Only certain kinds of people belong. The rest is waste. But even waste must have a place. Otherwise it will clog and clot, and rot and fester.”

“At least when I'm sleeping I can dream myself back to Alex, can dream myself into a different world.”

“Running is a mental sport, more than anything else. You're only as good as your training, and your training is only as good as your thinking.”