“We oft know little of who we were, only something of who we are, and nothing of who we may be.”

“There's nothing weak about beauty, child. The only weakness in it is if you think it means anything important.”

“The ugliest thing in the world is a beautiful woman without the brains or courage to know that [beauty] is nothing more than an accident.”

“You know what you are, young 'un? You're the grand bloody panjandrum of the painfully bleeding obvious.”

“Rain spat at him, and he looked up, thinking that alone was the way to be, because alone meant you were in charge of what could get to you and what you could keep out.”

“Everything is funny from some angle, I assure you it is. It's just a matter of where you're standing.”

“...but hope seduces like a silver tongue, double-edged like a dagger that cuts both ways.”