“Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”

““You might say that,” Flynn said, thus avoiding an outright lie, since anyone might say anything whether it was true or not.”

“How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!”

“I followed my heart without breaking any rules.”

“If the system breaks down the consequences will still be very painful. But the bigger the system grows the more disastrous the results of its breakdown will be, so if it is to break down it had best break down sooner rather than later.”

“Breaking rules isn't bad when what you're doing is more important than the rule itself”

“Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules.”

“One can bear anything. The pain we cannot bear will kill us outright.”

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!”

“Those who break the rules ethically are those who have mastered them first and disciplined themselves to understand the necessity of those rules, and break them in keeping with the spirit rather than the letter of the law.”