“It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.”

“It only takes one mistake,' the Dan Banyan guy says, 'and nothing else you ever do will matter.' With his empty hand, he takes one of my hands. His fingers feel hot, fever-hot, and pounding with his heartbeats. He turns my hand palm-up saying, 'No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.' He sets the blue pill on my palm, saying, 'Do that one wrong thing- and you'll be dead for the rest of your life.”

“No matter how many luxuries you get, something will be missing. No matter how carefully you choose, you'll never be totally happy.”

“No matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.”

“You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.”

“That old saying, how you always kill the one you love, well, look, it works both ways.”

“Another thing is no matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.”