“Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.”

“Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat.”

“Peace is not the absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice.”

“We are always in a perpetual state of being created and creating ourselves. (p. 221)”

“We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.”

“War has its necessities...and I have always understood that. Always known the cost. But, this day, by my own hand, I have realized something else. War is not a natural state. It is an imposition, and a damned unhealthy one. With its rules, we willingly yield our humanity. Speak not of just causes, worthy goals. We are takers of life.”