“We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.”

“When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.”

“As long as a thing is unknown, it belongs to us in a way that well-known things do not. For we have the opportunity to fill the empty, unknown spaces for ourselves, and in them there is room for imagination and for hope.”

“Like me, she has scruples. Why is it that only people with money have scruples? Do we have no money BECAUSE we have scruples?”

“That— we seemed to have decided without saying a word— might go a long way toward spoiling something that was special, and beautiful, by virtue of its strangeness and delicacy.”

“Yeah, well, it’s what happens when we spoil the things we love. They don’t always understand the boundaries and their ridiculous wants can get us killed if we’re not careful. (Jaden)”