“Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up.”

“If only it were as easy to do the work of othersas it is to criticize their performance.”

“Each step you take reveals a new horizon. You have taken the first step today. Now, I challenge you to take another.”

“We were halfway through our first joint when we heard Tom's footsteps coming down the stairs.'Shhhh... Shhhh!'The footsteps approached my door.Silence.And then a piece of A4 paper appeared under my door.Neither of us said a word as I crept over and picked it up. It was a drawing of two stick men, each with a massive joint in their hand. And written underneath were the words 'Rule Breakers'.”

“Like if Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles started being all bummed out about everything. How were we going to kick arse if our Leonardo was wearing a black eye-band instead of a blue one?”

“You make your own choices, Kira, and you can’t let anyone ever take that away from you.”

“There are some things more important than ourselves - more important than the limits of the present, and the whims of the now. There is a future to build and protect. And if we're going to make that future as reality, we have to stop fighting among ourselves. We have to end dissent whenever we find it. We have to trust one another again.”