Since when did “hopeful” and “naive” become the same thing? I mean, why would you get into this business if not to save the world? That’s all I have ever wanted.
No human being is ideal. Only God is ideal.
There’s no version of an effective resistance. There’s just misguided idealism that leads to death and despair.
Scratch a cynic, you find an idealist.
History, it has a way of repeating itself. Even for the idealistic.[to Ciri]