Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

I've got forward momentum. There's no virtue in it. It's just a balancing act. I don't dare stop.

Never underestimate the human capacity for wishful thinking and willful blindness,' said Miles. Such as a whole society of people who became so wrapped up in avoiding death, they forgot to be alive?

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack.

Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards.

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.

Women do desperately need models for power other than the maternal.