There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)

The truth will set you free. Unless you're guilty.

My throat tightened, but I held back the tears and reminded myself that withdrawing from a woman is no different than kicking a drug; you feel shaky and you want it, but eventually the need passes, and you feel restored.

The roots of any evil deed can be traced to the perpetrator's refusal to experience pain.

The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

When people can do something simple to avoid conflict--say, hit a button or unlock a latch--they'll generally do it.

...the horrific fact that our lives and those of the people we love are impermanent and exquisitely fragile, that any of us can cease to exist without warning, that loving anyone, anywhere, at any time, leaves you infinitely vulnerable at every single moment. (20)