This place and this world will not last if we don’t change it for the better. It’s only a matter of time; it will get worse.
This is who I am. This is who my ancestors were. I’m not going to let them take that away from me.
The trouble with humans, Joe, is that we’re weak. A man sees a pretty face, he wants her. It’s natural. It’s animal.
The only way to view the truth of life, is to stand apart from it, to see the consequence of every thought, every action. But still, we are bound by time and space, unable to steer our destiny.
The decadence ruined this country before the war.
The bigger the fish, the greater the patience to catch it.
Some of us are just the same, rotten or kind in one reality, rotten or kind in the next, but most people are different, depending on whether they have food in their belly or they’re hungry, safe or scared.
Loyalty is an overrated virtue, championed by the bovine, dignified by the weak to justify their weakness.
Losing people is one thing. Not being allowed to grieve for them, it’s, uh… well, that’s another.
It takes a lot of effort not to be free. I kept my head down for so long, I forgot what it feels like to stand up.
Great success is built on failure.
You want to be a hero? You want to have your face painted on a mural? Maybe have a school named after you? You’d still be dead.[to Thomas]
