I'm tired of being responsible for 203 lives, and I'm tired of deciding which mission is too risky and which isn't, and who's going on the landing party and who doesn't... and who lives, and who dies.

You will see that the things you desire most are the very things that bring you the greatest sorrow.

Some loves have to be given up, others have to be forgotten. Strange as it may sound, if you think of me as a monster, but I can love most passionately. I do not think of myself as evil.

Sometimes, if I am not careful, and I stare too long at a flower, it shrivels and dies.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

People with power always take advantage of those without power.

Truly, a life in constant pain is the life of the damned.