“It's the basic truth of the human condition: everybody lies.”

“A lie believed to be truth will be lived is if it is true”

“Pain makes us make bad decisions. Fear or pain is almost as big of a motivator.”

“People say time changes things, but it’s not true. Doing things changes things. Not doing things leaves things exactly as they were.”

“You got three choices in life: be good, get good or give up.”

“(An) Analogy has been drawn between the metaphysical experience of prayer and an ordinary human friendship. This may progress from initial civility, through engagement in common business, to conversations of mutual interest punctuated with companionable silences; after that meetings may become occasions for sudden outbursts of passionate conviction or declarations of love. ”

“It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for.”