“There isn't any real good reason for fighting except self-defense.”
“But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.”
“Victor smiled through the pain and the blood. "Of course you have. I used to think Belikov was the savage one, but it's really you, isn't it? You're the animal with no control, no higher reasoning except to fight and kill.”
“War is not glorious. War is hell. The only reason for fighting it is toachieve some good end that cannot be achieved by any other means.”
“Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting.”
“Renee used to say real life was a bad country song, except bad country songs were believable and real life isn't.”