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“They say that young men know they will die, but only old men believe it.
The power to protect is the highest of responsibilities, Diago. When a man is given it, his duty is not only to the people he thinks are worthy.
“Silence is a statement, Diago. Inaction picks a side. And when those lead to personal benefit, they are complicity.”
“A man will always wonder what might have been, but a wise one recognises fortune when it comes.
“There comes a point in every man’s life where he can rail against the unfairness of the world until he loses, or he can do his best in it. Remain a victim, or become a survivor.”
“Nervousness means there’s a fear to be faced ahead, Diago. The man who is never nervous, never does anything hard. The man who is never nervous, never grows.”
“To our enemies, and the destructions they bring upon themselves.”
Always told me that a hard truth was better than a comforting fiction.
The other part of me remembers my father’s lessons about honour. About how it exists to provide a guideline for how to live, not how to die.
“I want you to understand that no country’s governance is perfect. Anyone who looks at a system of people and thinks the system is the problem, is a fool. But I also want you to understand that the Hierarchy’s is far more insidious. Because it’s not imperilled by a flaw. It is built on one.”
