They claim a hidden corner of our hearts, all those moments that stay with us unscreamed. That's where loves, like elephants, drag themselves to die. It's the place where pride allows itself to cry.

I was free. Every day, when you're on the run, is the whole of your life. Every free minute is a short story with a happy ending.

Love is the opposite of power. That's why we fear it so much.

The only power that has any real meaning is the power to better the world.

Friendship is an Algebra test that nobody passes.

The best revenge, like the best sex, is performed slowly, and with the eyes open.

Sooner or later, fate puts us together with all the people, one by one, who show us what we could, and shouldn’t, let ourselves become. Sooner or later we meet the drunkard, the waster, the betrayer, the ruthless mind, and the hate-filled heart. But fate loads the dice, of course, because we usually find ourselves loving or pitying almost all of those people. And it’s impossible to despise someone you honestly pity, and to shun someone you truly love.