“The question is not if you're willing to die for her. The question is, can you live without her?”

“Is it really worth dying for the person you love?”[Maureen] thinks about this for a moment. “That’s not the real question, Oliver. What you should be asking is, Can you live without her?”

“When you live a life without questions, you're unprepared for the questions when they come.”

“So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him. [...] It's a difficult question and not one you can answer until you're faced with it. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.”

“But Marice, he rode off to save you, and wound up leaving you behind forever. Is it really worth dying for the person you love?"She thinks about it for a moment. "That's not the real question, Oliver. What you should be asking is, can you live without her?”

“To whom can I put this question (with any hope of an answer)? Does being able to live without someone you loved mean you loved her less than you thought... ?”