“Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back.”

“Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.”

“You will be sacrificed to the gods, and then I will tear out your heart with my own hands.""If you still have your own hands, you're probably not as far up the ladder as you wanted us to think. Put someone else on -- someone with real authority and a few more replacement parts."Tsavong Lah & Jaina”

“Never let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own responsibility ... You can't change others, but you can do something about a fault in yourself.”

“But, self, that thing was on TV, and this one wants to tear your liver out your nose. Run.”

“Time is the most precious gift you can give to someone, because if you give someone your time. It's a part of your life that you will never get back.”