Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.

Yes, I'm shallow, I don't mind admitting it. Perhaps I should admit that there's no end to the depths of my shallowness.

People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much.

I’m not really the sacrificing type.

Boxing’s not that straightforward,” said Eldric. “You can practice and practice, but the real experience will always be different. Lots of things are like that, actually.

I still can't understand how Cecil and my old tutor, Fitz, got along so well, when we often called Fitz 'the Genius' and avoided calling Cecil anything at all, so as not to be rude.

If you don't argue, you can't give in.