“You bled on the Speaking stars ...I bet there's a law somewhere about that.”

“But there is me.And you. Somewhere out there, there's you.And I'm glad there's you. And I'm glad that I know thatthere's you.And somewhere, in a remote corner somewhere,there's a little we. A little we that will still be there no matterwhat happens now.First-person plural: We.I. And you.We.”

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“Statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.”

“He bet Law swatted flies by dropping buildings on them.”

“I was never going to amount to much anyway, but now, statistically speaking, there's a better chance that some part of me will go on to greatness somewhere in the world. I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.”