“You can't plan for everything or you never get started in the first place.”

“Just because you start out as one thing, it doesn't mean you can't grow into something else.”

“You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because you get hurt.”

“Sometimes the things that are good for you, in the long run, hurt for a little while when you first get to them.”

“How busy are you today?""Oh," he [Thomas] mused. "I don't know. I mean, I've got to get a new shirt now.""After that," I asked, "would you like to help me save the city? If you don't already have plans."He snorted. "You mean, would I like to follow you around, wondering what the hell is going on because you won't tell me everything, then get in a fight with something that is going to leave me in intensive care?""Uh-huh," I said, nodding, "pretty much.""Yeah," he said. "Okay.”

“You never get a straight answer from captains. You should know that by now.”

“There are bad things in the world. There's no getting away from that. But that doesn't mean nothing can be done about them. You can't abandon life just because it's scary, and just because sometimes you get hurt. ”