Is a man a coward if he realizes that bravery is just a myth the old tell the young so they line up for the meatgrinder? - Pierce Brown

It's hard for me to speak to you as if you were not a tyrant," I say. "You sit here and think you are more civilized than Luna because you obey your creed of honor, because you show restraint." I gesture to the simple house. "But you're not more civilized," I say. You're just more disciplined."
"Isn't that civilization? Order? Denying animal impulses for stability?

Humans are always negotiating. That's what conversation is. Someone has something, knows something. Someone wants something.

Only humanity could grasp the stars and then let them slip through its fingers for the pettiness in its heart.