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They acted as they did because they saw no other choice. That’s what’s wrong with this country, Falcio. People see no other choice than to take as much power as they can and use it for themselves.”
There’s always someone worse, Falcio, and it’s usually the last person you suspect.”
“We need justice to be a river, Falcio, always flowing, always wearing against the rocks that stand in its way, not a sword that shatters when you strike it against stone.”
There is no more perfect trap for your enemy than the one in which you yourself are willing to die.
“Innocent people are dying already, Falcio—they always have been. At least this way they die on their feet.”
his death could no more be called an act of bravery than a leaf falling from a tree could be said to be aiming for the ground.
“Because the fights that matter most aren’t won on skill,” I said. They’re won on sacrifice.
if only because profound irony deserves an audience.
She’s meant for moonlight, I thought. Unfortunately, what I said was, “You look nice in the dark.”

