“Are you all sitty comftybold two-square on your botty? Then I'll begin.”

“When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.”

“Two tasks at the beginning of your life: to narrow your orbit more and more, and ever and again to check whether you are not in hiding somewhere outside your orbit.”

“We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.”

“You begin on the road to your own glory when you begin on the road to your own truth. This path is taken when you declare that you will tell the truth all the time, about everything, to everyone. And that you will live your truth.”

“I have a million things to talk to you about. All I want in this world is you. I want to see you and talk. I want the two of us to begin everything from the beginning.”

“A strange calm has come over my feelings and disposition last two days. Feel a strong will to achieve something forming and growing. …Maybe I am squarely facing reality at last and am beginning to mature mentally.”

“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.”

“Death is hard on your trail in this wilderness–
the end of you and all that you amass.
Suffering at the beginning, regret at the end,
and in the end your attachment trample you.”

“I hear they feed you in Sing Sing,” Evie muttered. “Three squares a day.”

“Evangeline,” Will said with a sigh. “Charity begins at home.”

“So does mental illness.”