Human beings always say they prefer peace, but it takes a saint to talk us into not assaulting our neighbors. - John Barnes

Justice has a way of not arriving where and when you wish it.

After a long interval, Margaret said, “Sorry. Effects of upbringing.”
“We none of us escape them,” I said.

You thought you could treat me the way you did everybody else and beat me up for being smarter than you. Because you’ve always been the big king of the class, haven’t you, Your Majesty? Well, you’re not anymore. You were never anything but the plain old class bully, and now you’re the ex-bully. And the only reason people are bullies is because they’re stupid.