Some train their whole lives for a single kill. It is very costly.
Some are born under a banner of greatness, others must claim it.
One cannot serve themselves above the cause.
One cannot resist the unseen path of nature. All we can do is accept our small part.
Once loyalty begins, it does not have an end. Otherwise, it would not be loyalty.[to John]
Life and death are the same. Both can have value and purpose.[John Blackthorne: Only one is permanent.]
Lady Mariko will do as she says. It is her vengeance. On fate. On all of us. She will die to be free of the disgrace that has burdened her. And then all of Osaka will be disgraced for letting her die.
If you cheat, cheat death. If you steal, steal the heart of a woman. If you lie, lie in the everlasting warmth of her bosom. And if you drink, drink with me.
If freedom is all you ever live for, you will never be free of yourself.
I will give my husband nothing. Not even my hatred. Because that is what he merits.[to John]
I have no lords. I left of my own accord. And this, this is what beckoned me. The horizon more than the deep. The freedom more than the horizon. The fair wind. To be far enough out that you look around and there’s nothing but open seas. No yesterday. No tomorrow.[to Mariko]
I didn’t come all this way around the world just to die on a cross.
