“Every Messiah fails, the moment he tries to redeem himself. ”

“Every generation loses the Messiah it has failed to deserve.”

“Everyone deserved the chance to be redeemed, and Michael had gone his whole life never having it. He never got to redeem himself with his father. He never got to redeem himself with his brother. And if he was trying to redeem himself now for what he'd done ro her, then she was going to let him, even if it left her vulnerable.”

“A mans life is interesting primarily when he has failed. I well know. For its a sign that he tried to surpass himself.”

“We must believe that he will come but never believe that he is come. There is no Messiah but an uncome Messiah.”

“Can you imagine doing something in your life that will be fully satisfying and redeeming for your having tried to do it, whether you succeeded in it or failed, and that, correspondingly, would be fully shameful had you not tried to do it?”