“If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?”

“But have you ever overheard two women discussing men? Men are crude liars, comparing their drabs, but women - I'd rather have [an] anatomist dissect me alive than to listen to the things the ladies say about us when they think they are alone.”

“Well, it is a particular sin to permit grief for what is gone to poison the praise for what blessings remain to us.”

“Miles exhaled carefully, faint with rage and reminded grief. He does not know, he told himself. He cannot know... "Ivan, one of these days somebody is going to pull out a weapon and plug you, and you're going to die in bewilderment, crying, "What did I say? What did I say?""What did I say?" asked Ivan indignantly.”

“Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you got here, as what you do after you arrive.”

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”

“The gods' most savage curses come upon us as answers to our own prayers. Prayer is a dangerous business.”