“ T was once famously said that it is as well that wars are so ruinously expensive, else we would never stop fighting them. However well said, it seems also to be endlessly forgotten that, while there m… Paul Hoffman
“ Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it as it is to its victims—the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. Paul Hoffman
“ - Why you?- (...) I’m the best.- Modest of you.- I am the best. Modesty has nothing to say about it. Paul Hoffman
“ Until two days ago what had driven him was the will to survive: deep, animal, full of rage—but always part of him had not cared at all whether he lived or died. Now he did care, and very deeply, and s… Paul Hoffman
“ Hypocrites,’ replied Cale, ‘I’ve come across a lot of them recently. I mean by that I understand now how many of them there are. Paul Hoffman
“ ...his soul (was) ringing like a well-struck bell. But it was a bell that rang with more than joy and adoration — there was the sound there too of anger and resentment. She would not look at him becau… Paul Hoffman
“ Self-pity, while it should be accorded due respect, is the greatest of all acids to the human soul. Paul Hoffman
“ ...the older I get, the more I believe that if love is to be judged by most of its visible effects, it looks more like hatred than friendship. Paul Hoffman
“ Wrong. Enemies don't fight with such determined passion. That kind of focus is reserved for friends at odds with one another."pg 69 Tomas to Vlad Heather Brewer
