“One of the drawbacks of sleeping with whores, he thought lazily. You got what you paid for, and not a goddamn thing more.”

“He liked whores. He always had.”

“For the first time in his life, he was going to be a goddamn hero.”

“One thing I can tell you for sure is this: we only regret what we don't do in life.”

“Goddamn, sometimes it hurt to be free.”

“You couldn't give up you for them. But what if you wanted them more than you wanted a singular powerful you?”

“Thoughts - even fears - were airy things, formless until you made them solid with your voice and once given that weight, they could crush you.”