“You've recognised a fundamental feature of an addict's life. Maintaining your habit is so important you've no real interest in anything else.”

“You've turned to wood, he observed, "you've not only renounced life, your own interests and society's, your duty as a citizen and a human being, your friends (all the same you did have them), you've not only renounced any goal whatsoever apart from winning, but you've even renounced your memories. I remember you in an ardent and strong moment of your life; but I'm sure you've forgotten all your best impressions then; your dreams, your most essential desires at present don't go beyond pair and impair, rouge, noir, the twelve middle numbers, and so on, and so forth--I'm sure of it!”

“I realize the thing about a guy you've spent your whole life loving from afar is that even though he's real you've really made most of him up.”

“Your past is not as important as your future. Did you know that? Can't change anything about what you've been, but you can change who you'll become.”

“Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.”

“Once you've wretled everthing else in life is easy.”