It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured.\

The man grinned back at me with that perfect sincerity we fear and call simple-minded.

The more you try to be like someone else, the more you find yourself standing in the way.

A politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water

Silence is the tortured man's revenge.

There is no man, and no place, without war. The only thing we can do is choose a side, and fight. That is the only choice we get - who we fight for, who we fight against. That is life.

justice is not only the way we punish those who do wrong. It is also the way we try to save them.