“I have to step out for a second. Don’t do anything funny while I’m gone.”

“And you don’t even need to say anything. I’m screwed up. I don’t know how any of this works anymore than you do. But I do believe you’re worth every second it would take to figure it out,” Mason said, a smile taking over his features.”

“Though the funny thing about never being asked for anything is that after a while you start to feel like maybe you don’t have anything worth giving.”

“…It’s not that you don’t have the capacity to accept the truth. You don’t want to accept it, and you hide behind your own logic and intelligence while the truth marches by. Step out and join it, for goodness’’ sake! Shout it out in full step! I believe!”

“I don’t want to do anything I have to do, even if I want to do it. Compulsion takes the fun out of it.”

“You know, people think I’m a little crazy because of what I do for fun, but I don’t think I have anything on you.”