“He is not a man wedded to action, Boleyn, but rather a man who stands by, smirking and stroking his beard; he thinks he looks enigmatic, but instead he looks as if he's pleasuring himself.”

“Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.”

“She looked up, over the bandage that was nestled under her chin, and saw that the big-belly man with the red beard was starting at her, shaking his head. He looked like he was crying. "I got ya this time," he whispered, as if to himself. "This time, I got ya.”

“A foolish man thinks he knows everything. A wise man knows he doesn't," Finn replied absently, still looking down at the book."That's such a fortune-cookie answer," I said with a laugh, and even he smirked at me.”

“A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.”

“Not selfishness, but precisely the absence of a self. Look at them. The man who cheats and lies, but preserves a respectable front. He knows himself to be dishonest, but others think he’s honest and he derives his self-respect from that, second-hand. The man who takes credit for an achievement which is not his own. He knows himself to be mediocre, but he’s great in the eyes of others.”