“Truly it it not the tragedies that destroy us, but the memories of them.”

“The memory of their former freedom will not let them rest; so that the safest course is either to destroy them, or to go and live in them.”

“Tragedy will either destroy you or turn your life around.”

“But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not let them rest; so that the safest course is either to destroy them, or to go and live in them.”

“It didn’t take tragedy or war to derail a man. It took only a memory.”

“If we are all going to have tragedies, if none of us can escape them, then surely we have to learn from them, we have to gain something. And we have to use what we have gained. Those of us who have fought tooth and nail to overcome tragedy are, after all, nothing else, proof that such things can be survived. So we can actually help others survive their tragedies too. As long as they’ll let us.”