You have to go down before you can come out — that’s how these things always work.

You are only a prisoner when you surrender.

Ah? A small aversion to menial labor?" The doctor cocked an eyebrow. "Understandable, but misplaced. One should treasure those hum-drum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.

Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival.

He had once thought it was strange to have a friend you'd never met. Now it was even stranger, losing a friend you'd never really had

Dying men think of funny things-and that's what we all are here, aren't we? Dying men.

You show me what someone listens to, I’ll tell you everything you want to know about his soul. (For instance, a bunch of Nickelback albums would have indicated he never had a soul in the first place.)