“His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.”

“He seemed determines, his resolve unwavering. This would take tact. Prudence. Possible Milk Duds.”

“His resolve was blown as quickly as the rest of him.”

“At thirty a man suspects himself a fool;Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;At fifty chides his infamous delay,Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve;In all the magnanimity of thoughtResolves; and re-resolves; then dies the same.”

“If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking, and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer.”

“The resolve written in his eyes said no, but I could see exactly where I would have to push, and how hard, to break that resolve. It would be shockingly easy, but I found I did not wish it. ... Some part of him would break, along with his resolve, and I did not see a way to make it whole again. The jagged edge of it would stab at him all his life.”