“It is what you do not know that is your greatest risk.”

“Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”

“The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all”

“If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to focus on the task, instead, on doing what needs to be done.”

“Isn't it strange that I know you'd risk your life to save mine, but I don't even know what your favorite color is?”

“Do you know what it means to be loved by Death?… Do you know what it means to have Death know your name?”

“Odds that you will die at some point in your life: 1 in 1. Thus, you might say the greatest, most significant, and universal risk factor in death is being born. This implies that it really isn't very helpful to approach the subject of risk by focusing on how we might die; rather, it's far wise to consider how we should live and what risk we will live with.”

“Do you know what damnation can be, Sir? It can be a state of permanent caution, making one chronically unable to risk anything, even a risk which might save one from extinction.”

“Write what you know, and what do you know better than your own secrets?”

“To know what life is worth you have to risk it once in a while.”