"Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people."

"This emotion I'm feeling now, this is love, right?""I don't know. Is it a longing? Is it a giddy stupid happiness just because you're with me?""Yes," she said."That's influenza," said Miro. "Watch for nausea or diarrhea within a few hours."

"Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice."

"You're a monster.Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable."

"You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are."

"Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people."

"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them.... I destroy them."

"The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them."