That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland

Ambition is all very well, my lad, but you must cloak it.

According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you're also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking.

We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told.

What is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness?

Hey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit.

Zealots: Wild eyed persons afflicted with incurable certainty about the workings of the world, a certainty that can lead to violence when the world doesn't fit.