“The surest way to hurt yourself is to give up on love, just because it didn’t work out the first time.”

“It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you you will never live.”

“Look, we are not unspectacular things. We’ve come this far, survived this much. What would happen if we decided to survive more? To love harder?”

“You are magnificent beyond measure, perfect in your imperfections, and wonderfully made.”

“Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?”

“It is one thing to ask questions; what do you do with the answers?”

“Did you see that? The fuck I give. It went that way.”

“A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field. A king does not dine while his men go hungry, nor sleep when they stand at watch upon the wall. A king does not command his men's loyalty through fear nor purchase it with gold; he earns their love by the sweat of his own back and the pains he endures for their sake. That which comprises the harshest burden, a king lifts first and sets down last. A king does not require service of those he leads but provides it to them...A king does not expend his substance to enslave men, but by his conduct and example makes them free.”