“There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse.”

“The difference between him and the other boys at such a time was that they knew it was make-believe, while to hime make-believe and true were exactly the same thing. This sometimes troubled them, as when they had to make-believe that they had had their dinners.”

“It sends out a very clear message: "Mess with us and we'll do something worse than kill you. We'll kill your children.”

“It’s the same with people who say, ‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.’ Even people who say this must realize that the exact opposite is true. What doesn’t kill you maims you, cripples you, leaves you weak, makes you whiny and full of yourself at the same time. The more pain, the more pompous you get. Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you incredibly annoying.”

“It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing.”

“its a metephor, see: you put the killing thing right between your teeth but you dont give it the power to do its killing.”