Honor in safety, survival under threat. Necessity is the only law. - N. K. Jemisin

But perhaps that was just the way of power: no such thing as too much.

I'm tired of being what everyone else has made me, I said. I want to be myself.
Don't be a child.
I looked up, startled and angry, though of course there was nothing to see. What?
You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I'm tired of your whining.

Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.