“Every man is the hero of his own song.”

“Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival.”

“Now I end my death song. I give my farewell to mountain and sky. It has been good to be alive.”

“He was a figurehead - an aging CEO of his own family who only showed up for the board meetings and wondered how so much got done without him.”

“It was frighteningly close to what he believed of his father at the worst moments - that he really was the kind of man who would send a letter signed "Sincerely, Cpl. Peter Vilmos" to someone he'd seen naked.”

“She had to find her own story, and she could make it whatever shape she thought best.”

“...a proud man who could do more than he is asked to do. It is not good for the spirit.”