If an action must be taken that will benefit the majority at the cost of the minority, is it morally indefensible? If an action taken for the benefit of a majority occurs at the expense of a minority, is it moral action?
Garth NixSo are you saying that somebody went to all the trouble to make you a crypt a thousand years ago on the off chance that you might turn up one day, walk in, and have a convenient heart attack?
Garth NixWhen the dead do walk seek water's run, for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest lake to ward the dead and have and make. If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end.
Garth NixWhy, Yrael?โ it said, as the last of the dark gave way to silver, and the shining sphere of metal sank slowly to the ground. โWhy?โ โLife,โ said Yrael, who was more Mogget than it ever knew. โFish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.
Garth Nix