“But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.”

“The second we put a bullet in the head of one of those undead monsters -- the moment one of us drove a hammer into one of their faces -- or cut a head off. We became what we are! And that's just it. THAT's what it comes down to. You people don't know what we are.We're surrounded by the DEAD. We're among them -- and when we finally give up we become them! We're living on borrowed time here. Every minute of our life is a minute we steal from them! You see them out there. You KNOW that when we die -- we become them. You think we hide behind walls to protect us from the walking dead? Don't you get it? We ARE the walking dead! WE are the walking dead.”

“Its our actions that define us. What we choose. What we resist. What we're willing to die for.”

“The choices we make in our life don't have to define us. It's what we learn from them that's important.”

“It took me a long time to realize this: We get to choose what defines us.”

“We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.”