“Maybe it's what we don't say/that saves us.”
“Why is it that what we do know can save us, but what we don't know can kill us?”
“And if there's a moral there, I don't know what it is, save maybe that we should take our goodbyes whenever we can.”
“Maybe we don't need to hit the duck, Jonathan. Maybe all we need to do is say what we must say once, to another human being, openly and honestly, with humility and remorse. Maybe that's enough.”
“If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?”
“We don't know how far the ripples of our decisions go. We kill one, and maybe save a thousand. That's the code of the Fraternity. That's what we believe in, and that's why we do it.”