“A negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.”

“Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?”

“Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility.”

“There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.”

“Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.”

“Yet comprehension does not imply belief. Nor does it mean that those who purvey such beliefs do so for more than… materialgain.”

“The name, his true name, was weaker and more flawed than he would have liked, and he hated himself for that, but there was also much to admire within it, and the more he thought about it, the more he was able to accept the true nature of his self. He was not the best person in the world, but neither was he the worst.”