She will look at you as women look at men, and she will judge you as a woman judge men, not on the strength of their arguments, and not in their cleverness or prowess in battle, but rather on the force of their character, the intensity of their passion, their strength of soul, their compassion, and... ah, this above all... their conversation.

The only way to learn is by changing your mind.

He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.

A man always assumes that others are as virtuous as himself

In a way she actually preferred Peter to other people because of this. He always acted out of intelligent self-interest.

So the whole war is because we can't talk to each other.

You were faster than me. Better than me. I was too old and cautious. Any decent person who knos waht warfare is can never go into battle with a whole heart. But you didn't know. We made sure youo didn't know. You were reckless and brilliant and young. It's waht you were born for.