Uncompromising Honor (Honor Harrington, #14)

by David Weber

“one day we’ll all be in the history books and some idiot child—just like the idiot children you and I were, once upon a time—will dream about how exciting and glorious it all must have been. Maybe they’ll be luckier than we are and not find out how wrong they are.”

Never apologize for grief. For honoring the memory of people you’ve lost by admitting how much they meant to you when you had them.”

“You two do realize you’re feeding a child, not fighting a battle?” Emily asked. Then she paused, thought a moment, and shook her head. “Forget I said that.”

They’re human beings, and the two things humans make are tools…and mistakes.