“The memory of what is not may be better than the amnesia of what is.”

“Aye, Captain. I have a good memory. Except for the amnesia.”

“Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.”

“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”

“The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what your task may be.”

“The accuracy of my memories, whether things happened exactly the way that the personalities remember, doesn't really matter. If my memory, combined with the memories of the other personalities, provides some coherent past, then that is far better than the blankness I have. Whatever inaccuracies may occur because of the passage of time or because of the colored intensity of "emotional truth" harm no one. All that matters is that I gain a firm grasp on what is real. (165)”