💬 Quotes

"We were not heroes; we were merely survivors, picking through the wreckage of our own making."

"The blind assassin is the one who kills without knowing why, blinded by their own conviction that they are the ones being hunted."

"We are all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding."

"The secret of life is that there is no secret. It is just a matter of living it, of experiencing it, of participating in the great game."

"Freedom is the only end. But it is not a state of rest. It is a state of perpetual becoming."

"I was to learn that there are no absolute truths, only perspectives, and the greatest trap is to mistake your own for the whole."

"The greatest danger in life is not being fooled, but believing that you are the one who is doing the fooling."

"Everything is a fiction. The only question is which fiction we choose to live by."

"The past doesn't stay buried; it just waits for the soil to turn loose."

"We spend our whole lives trying to fill the void, never realizing the void is what gives us shape."

"Memory is a unreliable narrator, stitching together pieces of a story until it’s something you can almost live with."

"Secrets are heavy things to carry, but they’re even heavier once you put them down."

"Sometimes you have to break the machine to see how it was designed to fail."

"Silence isn't empty; it's loud with all the things we're too afraid to say out loud."

"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force, my friends, is ultimate authority."

"The noblest fate that a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and the desolation of war."

"Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks."

"Citizenship is a state of being, not a privilege. It is a responsibility that must be earned, not a right that is granted."

"A man who cannot hold his post is not a man, and a man who does not care whether he holds it or not is worse than a man."

"You aren't a soldier until you have learned that your life is not your own, but belongs to the people you protect."