“There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff.”

“And Grant Campbell was about to take a short walk off a high cliff.”

“When people laughed at him because he walked backward beneath the portico, he said to them: "Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?”

“But don’t let them talk you into anything you don’t feel comfortable with.”“They’re my friends.”“So what?” He shrugged. “If your friends walked off a cliff, would you do it too?”“Why would they walk off a cliff?” I asked in alarm. “Is someone having problems at home?”

“Evil exists in us all, Torak. Some fight it. Some feed it. That's how it's always been.”

“There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.”