The best way to get out of a situation is to face it head on.
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
The anarchic nature of the international system forces states to compete for power.
The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes—or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon the Desert's dusty Face, Lighting a little hour or two—is gone.