“Such an incredible waste of energy, to work your ass off for sixty years, then shrivel up, die, and be nothing more than a memory - if you're lucky enough to leave someone behind who will remember you. There must be more. Don't you think?”

“You can’t walk away from someone you love, leave them drowning in your desertion. If love has no more meaning than that, you can keep it. I don’t want it now or ever again. Don’t want to hear the word or wear its scars.”

“It's just so hard to feel good, you know?" I do know. And more than that, it's just so incredibly hard to feel.”

“Anger requires energy, something I don't dare waste on what cannot be altered.”

“You can have your pick of pretty women. Why me?You're like the ocean, Pattyn. Pretty enough on the surface, but dive down into your depths, you'll find beauty most people never see. Lucky me. I fell in, headfirst.”

“So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone.”

“Real love finds you once, if you're lucky.”