Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.

Most men have at least one redeeming feature. Finding one for Brother Rike requires a stretch. Is 'big' a redeeming feature?

The biggest lies we save for ourselves.

Hold to a thing long enough, a secret, a desire, maybe a lie, and it will shape you.

We’re built of contradictions, all of us. It’s those opposing forces that give us strength, like an arch, each block pressing the next. Give me a man whose parts are all aligned in agreement and I’ll show you madness. We walk a narrow path, insanity to each side. A man without contradictions to balance him will soon veer off.

You're a Good Little Slave

Anything that you cannot sacrifice pins you. Makes you predictable, makes you weak.