“Dont do anything stupid.""Dont worry," I whispered over the line, "Im an expert on stupid.""Youre...""Like, I can spot stupidity, because I know it so well. The way an exterminator knows bugs reall...”

“I wasnt a nerd, mind you, but Id spent a lot of my youth studying Epics, so Id had limited experience with social interaction. I mixed with ordinary people about the same way that a bucket of paint...”

“My name is David Charleston.I kill people with super powers.”

“My life wasnt just about one city, or one Epic, anymore. It was about a war. It was about finding a way to stop the Epics.Permanently.”

“If nobody changes the world, if nobody works to make it better, then we stagnate.”

“As shed left, Id glanced at her gun.This time, when shed pointed it at me, shed flicked the safety on. If that wasnt true love, I dont know what was.”

“Thank you. For being willing to talk. For not turning me in. For... being you.''I'm pretty good at being me,' I said. 'I've had all these years to practice--I hardly ever get it wrong these days.”

“When you are living the best version of yourself, you inspire others to live the best versions of themselves.”

“No one else can understand you better than you yourself.”

“When I am away, I am with it. When I am with it, I am away.”

“There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world.”

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”

“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.”