“The way Leo figured it, he spent more time crashing than he did flying. If there was a rewards card for frequent crashers, he'd be, like, double platinum level.”

“There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.”

“Too frequent rewards indicate that the general is at the end of his resources; too frequent punishments that he is in acute distress.”

“The figure of the gunman in the window was inextricable from the victim and his history. This sustained Oswald in his cell. It gave him what he needed to live. The more time he spent in a cell, the stronger he would get. Everybody knew who he was now.”

“It is time to face real world, even if it is harder and painful. I'd rather fly and crash, than just snuggle and sleep.”

“Life, he decided, was for living, not for having, and he wanted to experience every moment that he could. At the deepest level, he'd come to understand that life could end at any moment, and it was better to be happy than busy.”

“Columbus, I guess it all did start with Columbus. … To me he was like a virus, a disease. I spent a lot of time protesting, trying to figure out how to deal with this disease. I think we really need to put serious thought into understanding that we're dealing with a disease.”

“He knew what it was like to love one who did not--or could not--love you back. But he'd had no choice. None of them did.”

“I still believed he'd love me again somehow, love me that intense, thick way he did, the way that made everything good.”

“Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler?”