“Sophia is worth a change. I have to make the right choices from now on.”

“So is that it? Will I have to live the rest of my life like this? Not doing the right thing? Not saying the right words?""That's your choice. You can't change the past. Ah, but the future. . .you own the future." The Greenman smiled. "So, you tell me. . .what choice do you want to make now?”

“I have long ago made a final and irrevocable decision. Nothing and no one, no pressure, cither from the right or from the left, will make me abandon the positions of perestroika and new thinking. I do not intend to change my views or convictions. My choice is a final one.”

“One choice changes everything. The right choice changes your world.”

“Anything worth doing, is worth doing all the way. Just know you'll have to live with all the choices that you make.”

“Make a pledge to yourself right now, to declare that you are worth your time and energy.”