“The only way to guarantee peace is by making the prospect of war seem hopeless.”— Steven Knight, Tommy Shelby, Cillian Murphy, imdb.com
“It is here, standing at the crossroads of Should and Must, that we feel the enormous reality of our fears, and this is the moment when many of us decide against following our intuition, turning away from that place where nothing is guaranteed, nothing is known, and everything is possible.”— Elle Luna, amazon.com
“Among the basic freedoms to which men aspire that their lives might be full and uncramped, freedom from fear stands out as both a means and an end. A people who would build a nation in which strong, democratic institutions are firmly established as a guarantee against state-induced power must first…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“The true measure of the justice of a system is the amount of protection it guarantees to the weakest.”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“I am coming to terms with the fact that loving someone requires a leap of faith, and that a soft landing is never guaranteed.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“Don’t ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were heading for shore.”— Ray Bradbury, amazon.com