“This is what love is, he thought. Doing what you don't want to do, because she needs it so much. And it isn't that bad. And it isn't that hard.”

“True greatness isn't so much what you do as who you are.”

“Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.”

“A writer who knows what he is doing isn't doing very much.”

“There is no such thing as duty. If you know that a thing is right, you want to do it. If you don't want to do it—it isn't right. If it's right and you don't want to do it—you don't know what right is and you're not a man.”

“Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.”

“Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do.”

“Why? Do you want to rescue me, too, Taylor? … That's what you're trying to do, isn't it? … I appreciate what you're trying to do, but it's not what I need right now. I need to handle this my own way.”

“If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe?”

“It isn't about what you do, but how you do it”