When you walk on the face of a world, then forgiveness comes.

It is a common trait of primates to become submissive and even worshipful toward one who has the power to kill them.

There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.

Nobodys life ever goes according to plan. So why do we keep on planning? Because that's how we know who we are. By what we intend to be. By what we try to become. And fail. I don't say 'fail'. I saw we aim and miss. But we still hit something.

Then you're dead, too, sweet little sister.' Oh, yes,' said Valentine. 'They'll believe that. "I didn't know it would kill Andrew. And when he was dead, I didn't know it will kill Valentine too.

The only people who ever prize purity of ignorance are those who profit from a monopoly on knowledge.

Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they're gone.