Questions ain’t bonebreakers, they ain’t sticks and stones.
Who do I aspire to be? That’s the question we should be asking ourselves all the time.
No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.
— Do you believe in love, the kind that lasts for ever? <...> The question is, one man meant for one woman.
— But it is not an interesting question. It is the question of a little girl who believes in fairy tales.
— No. It's an everyone question. Everybody thinks they have the answer until one day... something happens.
— Nevertheless the pro-treaty Paddies and the King want the same man dead... Why him?
— Did you ask why in France?
— Yeah.
— So, it's the same answer, because.
— Why me?
— Because.
Explanation:
France means the First World War. The Irish and a servant of the crown hire Thomas to kill the general, leaving him no choice to refuse.