Doubt was much more energy efficient than conviction.
Well, the family always was bright, and brightness, as you know, decays brilliantly.
She's sent the crows out to blind the guests coming for dinner!" What?" She's BLINDING THE GUESTS COMING FOR DINNER!" Well, that's one way to avoid having to dust, I suppose.
...I dabble in causes and effects.
Everyone dies. It's a question of where and how, that's all.
No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming war into my house and making friends with him? Better to befriend the enemy and hang on. Something worse might come along, which might be amusing or might not.