The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.

The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Only stupid men trying to seem smart need to be with dumb women. Only weak men trying to look strong are attracted to compliant women.

Who would I be, if other good souls did not make up for my shortcomings?

I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.

I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction, because it is not about someone who lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself. --From the Introduction