Brutal men with unlimited power are the same all over the world
Women--wives and mothers--are the same everywhere.
Forgiveness is indifference. Forgiveness is impossible while love lasts.
We are scattered, stunned; the remnant of heart left alive is filled with brotherly hate... Whose fault? Everybody blamed somebody else. Only the dead heroes left stiff and stark on the battlefield escape.
A freshet in the autumn does not compensate for a drought in the spring.
Darkest of all Decembers ever has my life known, Sitting here by the embers, stunned, helpless, alone.