Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

One act presses upon another, on a path we have no choice but to follow, and each time there are reasons. We do what we must, we do what we are told, we do what is easiest. What else can we do but solve one sordid problem at a time? Then we look up and find... this.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.

Love is a fine cushion to rest upon, but only hate can make you a better person.