“Acknowledge your critics, but do what's right.”
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.”
“One does not have the right to criticize until he can do the same work without being criticized”
“The critical issues here concern what is right, what is just -- not the balancing of benefits.”
“Don't make excuses for why you're not doing what you have already deemed critical to your success.”
“The right thing to do would be for you to acknowledge that you feel something for me that's remotely close to what I feel for you. I've asked only for a single grain of sand from you, Persephone, while I'm the whole fucking beach at your feet...”