“And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.”

“Hassan returned the smile. Except his didn’t look forced. And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too”

“You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is... God help him.”

“But coming close wasn't the same as winning, was it? ... He had won because winners won and everyone else just went home”

“A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”

“In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.”

“People say that eyes are windows to the soul.”