“Adrenaline dulls reason; panic kills it.”
“Fortunately, where reason failed, blind panic served well enough.”
“What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?”
“Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.”
“Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons”
“It's adrenaline, not prom sex.”