…God, it’s over. Takumi, you gotta stop stealing other people’s problems and get some of your own.

Real gangster-ass Nerdfighters don't run from nothing... 'cause real gangster-ass Nerdfighters can't run fast.

I think people who are religious are more likely to want one around, but it's a very secular position.

People will say it's sad that she leaves a lesser scar, that fewer remember her, that she was loved deeply but not widely. But it's not sad, Van Houten. It's triumphant. It's heroic. Isn't that the real heroism? Like the doctors say: First, do no harm.

All salvation is temporary

me: you know what sucks about love? o.w.g.: what? me: that it's so tied to the truth. I know it sucks, but in a way, it's good....Love and truth being tied together, I mean. They make each other possible, you know?

When we think of death, we often imagine it as happening in degrees: We think of a sick person becoming less and less alive until finally they are gone.