Find a nice, self sufficient hilltop, and fortify it.

Why should I? I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I am not ashamed - I am only beaten

When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.

It's humiliating to be dependent, anyway, but it's still a poorer pass to have no one to depend on.

...after all, what is a planet but an island in space?

Children have a different convention of the fearful until they have been taught the proper things to be shocked at.

The clock is the most sacred thing in a hospital.