I suspect this is all gonna end in screaming and drowning

Yeah, but if I don't start my nervous pacing now, I'll never have it all done in time.

As for history, we are living in its ruins. And as for biographies, we are living with the consequences of all the decisions ever made in them. I tend not to read them for pleasure. It’s not unlike carefully scrutinizing the map when one has already reached the destination.

You simply collapsed, sir. In layman's terms, your body revoked its permission for you to continue heaping abuse upon it.

I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There's powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.

Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves.

My name's Jean Tannen, and I'm the ambush.