And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everybody. The kid never knew the man's name. But he never forgot that smile. "Hero" isn't the first word, but it's the first word that comes to mind.

I've been choking to death for years. By now this should be easy.

This is passive-aggression in action.

The girl traced the outline of her lover's shadow so she would always have a record of how he looked.

I want you to invent it. I want you to have that skill. To create your own reality. Your own set of laws. I want to try and teach you that.

You humiliate a rich person and they're still rich. You humiliate a brilliant person and they're still smart. A person who is well connected is still the king of England. But if you humiliate a young person, you take away the only form of power they have.

It's the Marilyn Monroe school of medicine where enough of any drug will cure any disease.