And in the time it had taken to reflect upon the significance of the moment, the moment was past. That was, after all, the nature of moments. - Charles E. Gannon

How would you answer their demand for justice and vengeance?
"I would begin by insisting that justice and vengeance are different. Vengeance is often blind to reason: all it can see is the object it hates. Conversely, justice is blind to our preferences and prejudices; all it may see are the deeds and the conditions under which they were carried out.

I guess that, living in a sanitized world, you’ve forgotten this basic lesson: if you want to stay free or stay alive, never play by your opponent’s rules. Particularly when your opponent is more powerful than you are. Do the unexpected. Turn on your pursuer. Attack the attacker.

“Did he just wink?” whispered Downing.
“If not, he developed a very timely facial tic,” Caine replied.