“Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?”

“Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.”

“I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.”

“Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself.”

“But you invite ...”“I invite a bit of military nonsense.”“That’s what I ...”“Duncan, I am a teacher. Remember that. By repetition, I impress the lesson.” “What lesson?” “The ultimately suicidal nature of military foolishness.”

“Military foolishness is ultimately suicidal. They believe that by risking death they pay the price of any violent behavior against enemies of their own choosing. They have the invader mentality, that false sense of freedom from responsibility for your own actions.”

“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.”