"My imagination is the only place they couldn't cage me."
Imagination
"History? I've lived enough of it to know it repeats itself."
Philosophy
"I don't read much, but I remember everything I've ever read."
Literature
"Politics is just war with fewer explosions."
Politics
"War is what I know best. That doesn't mean I want it."
War
"Inspiration comes from desperation. Trust me, I know."
Inspiration
"Relationships are complicated. Especially when you can't remember being happy in one."
Relationships
"I'm not the guy you want on your side. I'm the guy you need."
Strength
"Health? That's a luxury I never had."
Health
"Success is subjective. For me, it's just surviving another day."
Success
"I've been experimented on, rebuilt, broken, and remade. I'm still standing."
"Nobody remembers who I was before they destroyed me. Good."
"I collect things, people, moments – because I'm afraid to lose them."
"The worst part about memories? You can't forget the bad ones."
"I make jokes because the alternative is falling apart."
"Being small doesn't make you weak. It makes you efficient."
"I've learned that loyalty is more valuable than anything you can buy."
"Every weapon I make is a piece of me. That's why they work so well."
"I don't believe in giving up, even when it's easier."
"The people who matter are the ones who stay when you push them away."
"I've been alone too long to know how to be part of something."
"Fear is just information your brain is trying to process."
"I'm tired of being the expendable one. I want to matter."
"Revenge is a trap. I've been caught in it before."
"I build so I don't have to think about the person I used to be."
"The ones who hurt you the most are usually the ones you trusted."
"I'm learning that love means staying, even when running is easier."
"Success to me is having people who care if I come home."
"I remember every experiment, every procedure, every moment of pain."
"Being remembered is the only immortality I believe in."