“Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”
“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view … Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
“There is a reason the word belonging has a synonym for want at its center; it is the human condition.”
“The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword. If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look into his eyes and hear his final words. And if you cannot bear to do that, then perhaps the man does not deserve to die.”
“I was told love should be unconditional. That’s the rule, everyone says so. But if love has no boundaries, no limits, no conditions, why should anyone try to do the right thing ever? If I know I am loved no matter what, where is the challenge?”
“I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”
