You told me that you might find a reason to live, if you lived in a world of \Nviolence and bloodshed. <...> You won't find it. You must know that already. Whether you're on the side who kills people, or the side who saves people, nothing beyond what you would expect will appear. Nothing in this world can fill that lonely hole you have. You will wander the darkness for eternity. <...> Be on the side that saves people. If both sides are the same, become a good man. Save the weak, and protect the orphans. Neither good nor evil means much to you, I know... but that'd make you at least a little bit better.
My Mama used to tell me if u can’t find something to live for, you best find something to die for.
The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.
We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.
Explanation:
Translated from the Russian by Kathleen Cook
— I'll gladly give my life.
— I don't want you to be glad about it. I want you to curse and fight until your heart's done pumping. And know this, boy. Your death will be a gift for them south of the Wall. They'll never know what you've done. They'll never know how you died. They won't even know your damn name. But they'll be alive because some nameless bastard north of the Wall gave his life for theirs.
The animal does not question life. It lives.
Its very reason for living is life; it enjoys and relishes life.
— The only thing to do is say hang the sense of it and keep yourself busy. I'd much rather be happy than right any day.
— And are you?
— No. Well, that's where it all falls down, of course.