Fine," Connor tells him. "Think about stuff until your head explodes. But the only thing I want to think about is surviving to eighteen." I find your shallowness both refreshing and disappointing at the same time. Do you think that means I need therapy?

Then she offers him a slim but sincere smile, and he reluctantly returns it. It doesn't bridge the gap between them, but at least it marks the spot where the bridge might be built.

We can lie to ourselves, saying we believe one thing, and sometimes we convince other's it's true, with the hope that by convincing others, we can convince ourselves. Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

They were the screams of riders torn apart by the twisted reflections of their own inner selves.

Wars are often waged not because of what we believe, but because of the things we want others to believe.

No true hero ever believes that they are one.

History is written by the victors--and when there is no victors, it all winds up in the corporate shredders.