"You were sweet when it was easier to be sour, strong when it was easier to be weak."

"We don’t mention the worsening episodes, the ticking bomb, the inevitability of my fate, whatever that fate may be. The clock continues, with or without my consent."

"Necessity makes saints of us all."

"Don’t blame me. The world forged this monster."

"My lies fall away like rain in a river."

"Change comes, whether we want it or not. Same as truth."

"We both want to start fires, watch worlds burn, and salvage our futures from the wreckage of our pasts."

"Her ghosts follow her everywhere. They choose her actions as my demons choose mine. We’re puppets on the strings of grief and guilt. No, not only guilt for me. The whole choir of insanity pulls my chains."

"If I do one good deed in my life, let it be for you."

"My gang was a symbol of fear, then a symbol of hope. Now, it’s a symbol of salvation."