“Neither can live while the other survives, and one of us is about to leave for good...”
“Either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.”
“One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.”
“If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? . . . Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability.”
“One can live without having survived”
“A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.”