“Yeah, that's funny, huh?...Something hurts you real bad and you get used to it. Like being hurt becomes part of who you are.”
“Do you want it bad enough to get over being hurt?”
“Of course we got drunk!" Semyon said. "It's okay to get drunk, Anton. If you need to real bad. Only you have to get drunk on vodka. Cognac and wine—that's all for the heart.""So what's vodka for?""For the soul. If it's hurting real bad”
“You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world...but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices.”
“Let me tell you something about dying: it's not as bad as they says.it's the coming-back-to-life part that hurts.”
“When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.”