To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.

War makes monsters out of men.

There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

But a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don't. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again.

If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an ocean.

"No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome obstacles and dangers and things that should've killed you. You've outrun an army and a madman and deadly illness and seen things most people will never see. How do you think you could have possibly come this far if you didn't have hope?"

A thing worth learning is worth learning well.