The worst atrocities began with half-measures, with apologies, compromising with the wrong side, shrinking from what had to be done. - C. J. Cherryh

He had read about evil in Efanor's little book, and how it permeated the doings of Men, but he had never foud such doings evil, rather good and bad...but none without self-interest, none he could not understand even in terms of his own will to have his way.

Intimidation needs response, bait needs biting. If you do neither, the attacker has nothing to build on.

I'm not a person who stands still well. But the the earth is always in motion, and I like keeping up with it. I don't want just to exist. I want to know. I want to see. I want to understand.