“Fear sticks like a barb in the mind. Someone cold enough to take advantage of it can attach strings to those barbs and make puppets of men and women.”

“There is an undercurrent of savagery in the human psyche. Anyone who forgets this and doesn’t guard against it, risks being swept away by it.”

“Cowards are always much more dangerous than heroes.”

“Anyone can act strategically, it doesn’t take much to make a plan. The skill of a general is his or her ability to react strategically when plans fail.”

“It is impossible for the sane to truly understand madness.”

“It is impossible to know the whole depth of someone’s character from a single moment, but seeing how they respond to the unexpected is a great start.”

“I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.”

“Battles waged in daylight are fought by soldiers. Battles waged at night are fought by savages.”

“Animal rage is scary, but not as scary as control.”

“There are few things more powerful than a name. A single phrase that somehow becomes a symbol for an entire existence.”

“Every sacred moment is made that way by sacrifice.”