“No matter how old you get, no matter how far you’ve strayed, a mother can always see right through you.”
“I like plain old you.”
“Yet beauty is a shallow thing. So fleeting. Strength, intelligence, spirit, these things can be far more appealing than what lies on the surface of a thing. And power, of course. For power, true power, can last forever.”
“You aren’t exactly best friends with the truth yourself.”
“I don’t want to kill you, but I must. For the good of the country.”
“Change can be a good thing.”
“A conscience can be a dangerous thing”