“I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.All these things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door.I am in the house, and I have the key.”

“In me is working a power stronger than every other power. The life that is in me is a thousand times bigger than I am outside.”

“Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.”

“You undo me, Merit. Wholly and completely. You don't take me at my word. You challenge me at every opportunity. And that means when I'm with you, I am less than the head of this House...and I am more than the head of this House. I am a man." He stroked my cheeks with his thumbs. "In my very, very long life, I need you more than I have ever needed anything.”

“My first advantage: I have everything. My second advantage: this is just another island. My third advantage: I am bigger than it all.”

“I am bigger than the box I'm in.”