“War...is ugly and brutalizing, and the nobility is in doing it without becoming ugly and brutalizing.”

“I’m still unsure as to what draws people together, that is, beyond the really ugly things: money, beauty, family, desperation. But I suppose that if someone can make you feel like you are seeing a new world, or just an old one of the first time, you might decide that you love to be around them.”

“Tread lightly with Phoenix son. Some people don't want to be saved.”

“You deserve better. You deserve someone you can touch. Who has the capability to…..feel.”

“Her whole life has been rough dad," I whisper. "She's too young to have experienced this much pain.”

“As long as we bear these scars we will always be reminded.”

“Impudent dog! God knows why I bear with you!’ Harding grinned. ‘Probably, sir. Omniscient, isn’t He?”