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“You and I use the truth like blades. But I have the courage to face it. My failure and who I am does not change reality.
“Is that the kind of man you are? The kind of man who hides behind oaths when injustice is done?”
but it hurt more when he tried to forget.
Friendships were fleeting, and alliances were simply the prelude to betrayal.
I think we’ve got to work together, so if there’s something I need to do, I’ll ask people I can trust. My friends.”
Because all routes led to death in the end, he did not worry about his fate.
evil sown is evil reaped. Those who do bad things have bad things happen to them.
No, this is just reality. It is harsh, but we must survive.”
In short, it always came back to the same contradiction: a surgeon grew from the patients who died under her care.
She couldn’t remember what it was like to smile.
Some days it’s fine to run. Other days you’ve gotta buckle down and fight.”
“Nothing is worth dying for. But this—this is worth living for.”
If there’s no hope for basic decency between enemies, the faintest belief in the rights of others…then what hope is there?”
What’s the use of honor in war—of morality when one side can throw it all away when no one’s watching?”
And the feeling of standing on the edge of something I couldn’t fathom was truly frightening. And exhilarating.
Unfortunately, every action has consequences.
“A ruler can afford to see nothing but pawns and tools or break his heart against his duties. But the mortal, human soul in him must cry out for every injustice he commits. Or he is no ruler, but a monster wearing the same skin. I am both. And I am sorry.”
“Take my hand and walk with me until the world ends or we do.”
caution is not the same as cowardice.
It is not often enough that we give honest thanks for what is done, yes?
“Bad things always happen. You think you’re special in that?
Tragedy doesn’t care where it happens.”
