“Gefarhrgeist excelled at convincing themselves. It was their greatest strength and most terrible weakness.”

“Those who live without a great fire in their soul live in darkness.”

“Konig couldn't help but think of the man as a slab of walking muscle with all the intellect of a pair of cheap shoes.”

“No one thanks you for showing them the light.”

“For all Wichtig spoke of trust, he trusted no one. For all he spoke of wisdom, he learned nothing. Every word he uttered was done so with an eye toward manipulation.”

“The borders of man, defined by politics, war, and faith - all three manifestations of delusion - meant even more to gods.”

“I envy people that know love. That have someone who takes them as they are.”

“Souls are flowers, only God has the right to pluck them. But those who commit suicide: their souls are the rotten blossoms of devil's garden.”

“We live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”

“There are many different stories to tell. It's never the same. Every day weather blows in and out, alters the surface. Sometimes it is stripped down to a single essential truth, the thing that is a...”

“I'm skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding the melt beneath the blades, doing loops and spins, and when I take a high leap into the dark and come down thirty years later...”

“All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.All of them?Sure, he says. Think about it. There's escaping from the wolves, fighting the wolves, cap...”