“Grown-ups are always more fascinated by what you might become then what you are.”

“You will always be a monster - there is no turning back from it. But what kind of monster you become is entirely up to you.”

“I believe in the goodness of people, sir, and the power of young folks like us to overcome what grown-ups like you might not be able to.―Sylvia Patterson”

“There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be. You are too young to know this. You are still becoming. Not being.”

“Life has meaning and we grown-ups know what it is is the universal lie that everyone is supposed to believe. Once you become an adult and you realize that's not true, it's too late.”

“Boys like it when you talk to them as if they were grown men—at least he always did when he was a kid—because they pretend that’s what they are anyhow, grown-up men, and they do it for their entire lives.”