“If anything is ever really worth doing, it's going to be difficult to start with.”

“If anything is worth doing, then it's worth doing extremely well.”

“I don't need a date to set a goal, if its worth doing then its worth starting that minute. Just saying. "I'll start on this date" is an excuse, and excuses are the vises of the weak.”

“Can't you ever be serious?' I said, mortified.'It's difficult,' he said. 'There's so little in life that's worth it.”

“It's really starting to get to me and I'm not sure how to handle it because I can't remember ever letting anything get to me before. I can't remember ever feeling this fucking vulnerable.”

“When have I, when have I ever forced anyone to do anything, he starts to say: but Richard cuts in, "No, you don't, I agree, it's just that you are practiced at persuading, and sometimes it's quite difficult, sir, to distinguish being persuaded by you from being knocked down in the street and stamped on."-Richard (?) nee Cromwell to Thomas Cromwell,358”