“Better a live coward than a dead hero, I've always believed. Sure people will still sing about dead heroes from time to time, but aside from that they get little attention. Unless they manage to get a holiday named after them. Even then, it’s not like they get to enjoy the day off.”

“It is always better to die like a hero than live like a coward.”

“The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto.”

“It’s really difficult to talk about dead people, but it’s even harder to talk about dead young women. It’s because from the time they die, they’ll be young forever. On the other hand, for us, the survivors, every year, every month, every day, we get older.Sometimes, I feel like I can feel myself aging from one hour to the next. It’s a terrible thing, but that’s reality.”

“I always say believe for a bunch, and even if you only get half of it you are better off than believing for a little and getting all of it.”

“I've always thought academics should get a little slurry on their boots from time to time.”