“When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.”

“Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.”

“Maxim 6: If violence wasn't your last resort, you failed to resort to enough of it.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”

“I'd be glad of a retaliation that wouldn't recoil on myself; but treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends: they wound those who resort to them, worse than their enemies.”

“Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve dealt out? There’s no profit in it, no point to it, and you need sleep.”

“He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.”