Quote #1

"I wasn't going to run, though. I knew I couldn't outrun fate."
                                                                                                       -Marcus

This quote comes from when Marcus is pretty deep into the Xnet. He is famous as M1k3y, but not very well known as Marcus Yallow. In this quote, Marcus discovers two policemen following him. He at first panics, but then he thinks it over and calms down. He drops into the nearest burrito shop and orders a huge meal--a shredded pork burrito with extra salsa, horchata (a rice drink), and churro (deep fried dough with cinnamon). He thought that the cops had figured out who he was, and he wanted to at least "go down with a full stomach," as he hadn't been fed much in prison.
     He saw the police flash their insignias, but he had already made peace with the fact that he was going to prison again. This is where the quote popped up. He had already made peace with his fate. He wasn't going to run, though. He knew he couldn't outrun fate.
     This is the section of the book where Marcus learns to accept that the DHS is searching tirelessly for him, and would figure out who he was sooner or later. This is where Marcus really changed in personality: first, he was a rebellious teenager, fighting everything, but now he is an accepting adult, knowing his fate and embracing it instead of trying to outrun it.

**Note: Marcus didn't end up going to jail. He got taken off of the street because he had irregular traffic patterns. The two policemen (nicknamed Booger and Zit) took him home instead.**