““Die trying” is the proudest human thing.”

“The two things most men are proudest of is the thing that any man can do and doing does in the same way, that is being drunk and being the father of their son.”

“Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die.”

“I know what it's like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you try to fit in but you can't. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try to kill the thing on the inside.”

“Things die. All things die.”

“Try to be free: you will die of hunger.”

“One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.”

“First the colours.
Then the humans.
That’s usually how I see things.
Or at least, how I try.”

“I intend to live forever, or die trying.”

“A man should live forever, or die trying.”