Pretend I asked, now answer the question.
I am not a morning person.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, all your problems begin to look like nails. - Abraham Maslow
Without hope, love dies and parts of you wither.
I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?
I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys. No, quoting Nietzsche does that. Machiavelli is just cool.