“Griping is for those without a plan of action...”

“The measure of a man is not how much he suffers in the test, but how he comes out at the end.”

“How many kids are in the Graveyard?""A bunch.""Who sends your supplies?""George Washington. Or is it Abraham Lincoln? I forget.""How often do you receive new arrivals?""About as often as you beat y...”

“Whether consciousness is implanted in us by something divine, or whether it is created by the efforts of our brains, the end result is the same. We are.”

“How do you judge the brightness of a light when youre the source? A spotlight can never see the shadows it casts.”

“We'll never be ready. So I guess that means we're as ready as we'll ever be.”

“I heard Tash say: Nomi, youre sad man. Get a grip. Walk away. What have I taught you? And I thought: You taught me that some people can leave and some cant and those who can will always be infinite...”

“Sadness, forever unacknowledged, eventually becomes resentment.”

“She resented a universe that forced her to fabricate cover stories for its more inexplicable vagaries.”

“You cannot give out one frequency, that of disrespect, and expect respect to flow toward you. Neither can you hold on to your biases, prejudices, and negative thinking toward something, and expect ...”

“You have had many successes, and you have earned the right to be respected.”

“Better to have the trust of the people than their respect. With trust, their respect could be earned later; without it, respect could never be deserved, and so to have it would be like poison.”