“The thought that murders the wish that fathered it will be overtaken by the revenge of stupidity”
“If thou didst ever thy dear father love—Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder”
“It was bewildering, the way that reality could be overtaken, wrestled down, and murdered by the sheer weight of possibility.”
“Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought”
“Wishes father thought, but they don't breed evidence.”
“My father's answer was revenge-has always been revenge-and the outcome was just, but not better. Nothing is fixed.”