A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off?

There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Time for the weather report. It's cold out folks. Bonecrushing cold. The kind of cold which will wrench the spirit out of a young man, or forge it into steel.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Listen, can you hear it? Spring's sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin's heart. Spring.

—Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon.

—David Assael

The killing was the best part. It was the dying I couldn't take.

—Craig Volk

I'd rather get my brains blown out in the wild than wait in terror at the slaughterhouse.

—Craig Volk

For certain is death for the born
And certain is birth for the dead;
Therefore over the inevitable
Thou shouldst not grieve.

—Bhagavad Gita

Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life.

—Bertolt Brecht