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How can we prepare for the future if we won't acknowledge the past?

For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.

Home is what you take with you, not what you leave behind.

But for a society build on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.

Being useful to others is not the same thing as being equal.

"I think," Hoa says slowly, "that if you love someone, you don't get to choose how they love you back."

Und das musst du verstehen: in jedem Krieg gibt es Gruppierungen - die einen, die Frieden wollen, die anderen, die aus einer Myriade von Gründen weiterhin Krieg wollen, und jene, deren Wünsche beides übertreffen.

After all, a person is herself, and others. Relationships chisel the final shape of one's being. I am me, and you.

Aber es ist nicht so schwer, wegzugehen, wie du gedacht hast. Nicht jetzt, da die Blicke deiner ehemaligen Nachbarn wie ranziges Öl über deine Haut gleiten.

But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them - even if, in truth, their victims couldn't care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.