Rage at injustice is universal. The ability to strike back is not.
We aren’t meant to live forever. It corrupts even the best of us.
You have to beat the player, not the game. There are some things you can’t kill your way out of.[to Kovacs]
We are more than the sum of our intentions.
None of us gets what we deserve.[to Tanaseda]
Focus on what you care about most in this world, with every atom of your existence. Rip yourself open, and you can rip a hole in the virtual world. That is how you get back to the real.[to Kovacs]
At its heart, violence is almost always, in one way or another, personal.
The best place to hide something from someone is the first place they look. If it’s obvious, no one looks close.
Without death we can’t know what a life is worth.
This sleeve is a tool. It does not control me. I control it. This is the weakness of weapons. They are tools to kill and destroy. They are not what gives you power. You are the weapon. You are the killer and destroyer.
Life has to have limits or we’re not human anymore.
If you take no risks, you win no victories.