“It takes courage and strength to be sensitive to things and even more strength and courage to own up to it or be vocal about it. Robots, the only things with a perfect lack of emotional capacity, a...”

“To say she is only a woman is to say a violin is a piece of wood with strings, and Dante is mere ink printed on paper.”

“Those whove left their bootprints in the trenches are those who value human life most. They get unwanted glimpses into the savage nature we really have underneath all the expensive clothes and mois...”

“Unfortunately for him he looked more like an innocent man on Americas terror watch-list rather than a gallant Viking possessing all the benefits of modernity. More like a villain in a Western fairy...”

“Angels should never be exposed to the dire darkness of despair in the tunnel of cosmic nothingness, and although I never believed such maddening thoughts; I couldn't help but feel spiritual in her ...”

“A bodyguard for a pretty socialite, I was moving up in the world. Like all idiots I naturally assumed she was pretty because she was rich. You can buy anything with money, even people, even... beauty.”

“I'm the girl nobody knows until she commits suicide. Then suddenly everyone had a class with her.”

“It's okay. We aren't in the same class. Just don't forget that some of us watch the sunset too.”

“We are the same, you and I. Whether samurai or night-hawk, the Suruga Dainagon or member of the Toudouza, it makes no difference. My sword is the proof...."These words, wrung from the very depths o...”

“It's funny. That feeling of home. It's so temporary, like bathwater: the warmth eventually grows cold.”

“It was simpler just to keep things simple.”

“And not one person would notice the grey parts of her until it was too late, because everyone falls for a pretty face.”

“Dear God, woman,"said Will. "Are there any questions you don't want to know the answer to?”

“Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.”