“And he realized... that fragile, mortal life wasn't just important to him. It was more important than his own.”
“And suddenly she knew exactly why Catherine had fallen in love with him. It wasn't that he was unusually attractive, or ambitious, or even charming. He was partly those things, but more important, he seemed to live life on his own terms.”
“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
“There are some things more important than your own life. Like friendship, and love, and trust, and goodness.”
“Adulthood is knowing that a fully realized character is always more important than the lines.”
“There are things that are more important than life.”