So you've made a few bad decisions. So have I. So has Elias. So has everyone attempting to do something difficult. That doesn't mean that you give up, you fool. Do you understand?

So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.

Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.

Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword.

I should just build a bleeding house here, " I mutter as I pick myself up off the snow-covered ground. "Maybe get a few chickens. Plant a garden.

Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them - or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything?

You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain.

Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.

Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything?

Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after the failure that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.

You’re sure this is what you want?” I search her eyes for doubt, fear, uncertainty, but all I see is that fire. Ten hells“I’m sure”“Then I’ll find a way

I am much younger now than I was at twelve or anyway less burdened.

In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.

We're on the verge of all things new.

I'm pretty goofy and I make a lot of dumb jokes - life is too short to be serious, so I guess that's how I flirt. To be honest, I think I'm too shy and reserved to be a proper old fashioned flirt.

Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.

Which is my best picture? The one I will do tomorrow.

There is more in this heaven and earth than what the scientist knows and is revealed in the x-ray.

To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.

Reacting to the world with a smile instead of a curse, a wave instead of the middle finger, will actually help you live longer.

I write in the mornings, in the bright daylight. But I get most of my good ideas after the sun has gone down and the dark is on the land.