How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #1
He could feel the weight of the two walls pressing down on him. The car was no longer a car but the fist of some hideous monster snatching at the insect that Alex had become. (2.40)
In the course of a few days, Alex is thrown from his regular life into the harrowing world of spies and soldiers. It's no wonder he feels like an "insect."
Quote #2
Alex opened the window and climbed out. It was better not to think about it at all. He would just do it. (3.45)
As the old and often misattributed cliché goes—bravery isn't the absence of fear, but the will to overcome it.
Quote #3
He was sitting next to Wolf. To his surprise, the man was completely quiet, unmoving. It was hard to tell in the half darkness, but the look on his face could almost have been fear. (6.25)
Although Wolf torments Alex over his youth, he's as scared as a baby when he's up in the sky. Call it karmic comeuppance.