"If you cherish something enough", she told me, "it doesn't matter how old or worn or useless it's become; your caring for it immediately raises its … - Charles de Lint

It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.

But what the evil people do, that's their responsibility. The burden they have to carry. Sure, when we see 'em starting on causing some hurt, we've got to try and stop 'em, but mostly what the rest of us should be concerning ourselves with is doing right by others. Every time you do a good turn, you shine the light a little further into the dark. And the thing is, even when we're gone, that light's going to keep shining on, pushing the shadows back.

There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.