Elliot Alderson

"I don't want to connect with people. I want to hack them."

"Most people can't even accept themselves."

"We're all just looking for someone to tell us that we're okay."

"Control is an illusion."

"Society has always been about control."

"The only way to find out how strong you are is to be tested."

"My only escape was the computer."

"Hello, friend. We've been waiting for you."

"Sometimes you don't realize the weight of something you've been carrying until you feel the relief of putting it down."

"The world has always been a simulation."

"Fear is the most powerful motivator."

"Everything we think we know is a lie."

"Time is the one thing no one can control."

"I need to believe that what I do matters."

"We're all slaves to something."

"The human body is 70 percent water. Maybe I'm just a ghost in a vehicle."

"Loneliness is a natural state for me."

"I don't sleep, I just stop being awake."

"Our secrets make us who we are."

"You're either a ghost or you're alive."

"Power is the only thing that matters in this world."

"We all have pain. It's what we do with it that matters."

"The system was built on lies."

"I've always been the observer, never the observed."

"Technology is supposed to make our lives better, but does it?"

"Uncertainty is the only certainty."

"We're all complicit in our own destruction."

"The mask we wear becomes our face."

"Money is the root of all corruption."

"Madness and brilliance are two sides of the same coin."