“Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.”

“What was it about not knowing a person that allowed you to wonder whether she might be the answer to all your problems?”

“The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.”

“The irrational thoughts were the ones with the power to burn holes in your gut.”

“Nothing overdone, nothing racy, which made her all the more alluring.”

“The good guys had to operate on a higher level than the killers--just for society to keep track of who was who.”

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”