If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody.

We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.

He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them

Give your enemy a face, If he is human, do not dehumanize him. Know him and know why he is your enemy. If your enemy is within you, understand what it is and why you are afraid. Put a face on your fear. When you understand it, and it is no longer vague and shapeless, you will find that your fear is no longer so formidable.

Change or stagnate. Keep moving or die.

If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)

Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things they are willing to do to support it.