Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything. - Frank Herbert

Major flaws in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen. — Darwi Odrade

I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only that which comforts you. How else do humans invent the traps which betray us into mediocrity? How else do we define cowardice?

Jessica, hearing the voices, felt the depth of the experience, realized what terrible inhibitions there must be against shedding tears. She focused on the words: “He gives moisture to the dead.” It was a gift to the shadow world — tears. They would be sacred beyond a doubt.