The tragedy of the gifted is the belief they are entitled to greatness, Lysander. As a human, you are entitled only to death. - Pierce Brown

I once thought the greatest sin of war was violence. It isn't. The greatest sin is it requires good men to become practical.

All my people sing of are memories. And so I will remember this death. It will burden me as it does not burden my fellow students - I must not let that change. I must not become like them. I'll remember that every sin, every death, every sacrifice, is for freedom.

What devious designs freedom requires. One must worry about the strength of a principle when it must compromise itself so often to survive.