But sticking to rules just because they're there does not make them right. You need to learn when the rules should be broken.
Ilsa J. BickObeying orders just to obey is the mark of a person who has ceased to think. Remember, it is better to suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.
Ilsa J. BickShe's got the kind of ethereal, unselfconscious beauty some young girls possess that breaks your heart. Or theirs.
Ilsa J. BickThere are those individuals who die for a cause, and we say they have made the ultimate sacrifice. We call them martyrs, and we never doubt their sincerity. Yet many others search their entire lives for somethingโor someoneโworth dying for and this is very different. These are the lonely and the desperate, fearful that their lives have no meaning. They yearn for the bullet, if only someone else will pull the trigger.
Ilsa J. Bick