The price of chemical ecstasy was a dear one, paid in flesh and spirit. - Steven Barnes

And your life is ruined because you tried to do the Right Thing. Join the club honey—guess what, there are a few more of us out here who’ve had our brains beaten our with our own dreams.

The world doesn’t give a damn what we feel or want. Only what we are, and what we do.

Cynical bastard, aren't you?"
"Every man is a mirror," Nozawa said flatly. "We all reflect what we see.