“The one thing I had learned in my sixteen years was that you couldn't count on anyone to stick around. Opening yourself up only causes trouble in the end.”
“Opening yourself up only caused trouble in the end.”
“Above all else, I had learned the one thing every person has to learn to make it through life: the only person you can truly count on is yourself.”
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”
“I looked around, counting the competition. Sixteen. To win, all I had to do was incapacitate each one, place my hand over their hearts and turn my palm into a flame. Easy.Yeah right.”
“My trouble was I had a mind but I couldn't make it up!”