Vaughan

“Civilization after civilization, it is the same. The world falls to tyranny with a whisper. The frightened are ever keen to bow to a perceived necessity, in the belief that necessity forces conformity, and conformity a certain stability. In a world shaped into conformity, dissidents stand out, are easily branded and dealt with. There is no multitude of perspectives, no dialogue. The victim assumes the face of the tyrant, self-righteous and intransigent, and wars breed like vermin. And people die.”
― Steven Erikson, Midnight Tides

“My point is this: the more you have to lose, the braver you are for standing up.”
― Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones

“When Scarlett was seeing Rhett to the door, she asked indignantly: “If it were you, wouldn’t you enlist with the Yankees to keep from dying in that place and then desert?” “Of course,” said Rhett, his teeth showing beneath his mustache. “Then why didn’t Ashley do it?” “He’s a gentleman,” said Rhett, and Scarlett wondered how it was possible to convey such cynicism and contempt in that one honorable word.”
― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

“The New Testament without the miracles would be far easier to believe. But the trouble is, it would not be worth believing”
― J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism