“Thats the problem with following all the rulessomebody else is eventually going to get ahead by breaking them, and then where will you be?”

“It’s easy to be a hero when your own survival is aligned with someone else’s, when your victory is a victory for your entire clan.”

“That’s the problem with following all the rules—somebody else is eventually going to get ahead by breaking them, and then where will you be?”

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

“There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.”

“Don't consider painful what's good for you.”

“I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a h...”

“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”

“Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?"Beth: "Yes."Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him.Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman.”