The Blood Mirror

There were many kinds of suicidal madness. There was only one name for the kind of madness that puts a gun to its own head when it has no intention of pulling the trigger: youth.

“Evil is what we call what we don’t understand.”

It’s easier to build a new culture on the graves of the dead than around the homes of the living.

“Life is lived in the pauses between wars. Any peace is better than any war, some say.”

“Tell me, O man of Guile, what’s worse? Madness unknowing, or madness recognized?”

A soldier without confidence and honor is a breath away from becoming a brigand or gangster.

A man who loves war will be feared by his foes; he should be feared by his friends.’”

. For rage burns hottest against a punishment deserved.”