“AAAAIIIE!You're the guy with the things, and the thing that does that thing, and then you did that one thing!Oh, and I think there's something about other things, and maybe you fix things?-Sergeant Schlock”

“There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it.”

“I think if you decide that any book is about Only One Thing you're probably wrong. Even if that thing is in there.”

“It's basically the same in all periods of societies. If you belong to the majority, you can avoid thinking about lots of troubling things.''And those troubling things are all you /can/ think about when you're one of the few.''That's about the size of it,' she said mournfully. 'But maybe, if you're in a situation like that, you learn to think for yourself.''Yes, but maybe what you end up thinking for yourself /about/ is all those troubling things.”

“Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right.”

“Some things you can fix, and some things you can’t. And I just think it is a shame to walk away from the things you can.”