"Wind blows the hardest the closer you get to the mountaintop."

"Problems are just opportunities that haven’t presented themselves."

"They say the past is etched in stone, but it isn’t. It’s smoke trapped in a closed room, swirling… changing. Buffeted by the passing of years and wishful thinking. But even though our perception of it changes, one thing remains constant. The past can never be completely erased. It lingers. Like the scent of burning wood."

"Man cannot be both savior and oppressor… light and shadow. One has to be sacrificed for the other."

"Growing to love something is really simply forgetting slowly what you dislike about it."

"We all pay for our choices."

"They say your whole life flashes before your eyes when you die. And it's true, even for a blind man."

"Perhaps we’re destined to follow a path none of us can see, only vaguely sense, as it takes our hand, guiding us towards the inevitable."

“Another man’s evil does not make you good. Men have used the atrocities of their enemies to justify their own throughout history.”

"Sometimes even when you get knocked down, you can still win."

"Smart don’t come out of books. Smart is making the right decision at the right time."

"Telling the truth is never simple or easy. Why, only the best of us ever really try."

"There are no heroes, no villains. Just people with different agendas."

"You cross over to my side of the line, you don’t get to come back from that. Not ever."

“I would keep my promise. I would help those that others wouldn’t. I would seek justice… one way or another.”

"You don't get to be the man on top without making enemies looking to tear you down."

BEN URICH

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