There are old swordsmen and bold swordsmen. But few old, bold swordsmen.

As far as the Council is concerned, the U.S. Wardens are a bunch of mushrooms." "Eh?" "Kept in the dark and fed on bullshit.

Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

The distinction between good and evil is meaningless if one does not have the freedom to choose between them.

I am blind and limited. I would be a fool think myself wise. And so, not knowing what the universe means, I can only try to be responsible with the knowledge, the strength, and the time given to me. I must be true to my heart.

Hospital waits are bad ones. The fact that they happen to pretty much all of us, sooner or later, doesn't make them any less hideous.

God save me from idealists.