“Too many principles did not work for us.” “So we’ll try none at all?” Her voice had become a disbelieving shriek. “The time for half-measures is past.” Pike looked evenly back at her. “Sometimes, the only way to improve something is to destroy it, so it can be rebuilt better.” There was a time she’d thought that burned face was a perfect mask for his feelings. Now she wondered whether there were any underneath. “Sometimes, to change the world, we must first burn it down.”
