“A lifetime of hurt in one act of vengeance.”

“As it turned out, hell wasn't watching the people you love get hurt; it was coming in during the second act, when it was already too late to stop it from happening.”

“What if the one I choose to discount is one who has been truly hurt?”

“Danger came in different packages, at different points in a lifetime.”

“Here's what no one ever tells you about love: it hurts, having your heart broken”

“At any moment, a person can start over. And that's not half a life, but simply a real one." (from Vanishing Acts)”

“by now you've already formed your own impression. you believe that an act committed a lifetime ago defines a man, or you believe that a person's past has nothing to do with his future. you think i am either a hero, or a monster. maybe knowning more about circumstances will make you think differently about me, but it won't change what happened twenty-eight years ago.”