Why should I be honored? Don't I have enough attention, comfort and power already?

Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.

A well-off plastic surgeon can suffer just as much as an Irish lad who has been abused or whatever.

If you die, I'll die.' 'But is you live, I'll live.' - Bowman and Kestrel, Firesong

Use your power gently.

The English seem to think drinking wine is like committing adultery, something you do rarely and abroad.

I am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little to do with it.