If you could have stopped it, or if you could have escaped but you didn't, then you would have lost my respect. But you did everything you could, and… - Christopher Paolini

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If you could have stopped it, or if you could have escaped but you didn't, then you would have lost my respect. But you did everything you could, and when you could do no more, you made peace with your fate, and you didn't rail needlessly against it. That is wisdom, not weakness.