As the week wore on, Ivan contemplated the merits of inertia as a problem-solving technique with growing favor

Events may be horrible or inescapable. Men have always a choice - if not whether, then how, they may endure.

Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible.

There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.

If you can't do what you want, do what you can.

My home is not a place, it is people.