faile: "a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both."

perrin: i am not a general, faile. i am a fool of a blacksmith who thought he could use other people to help him get justice, or maybe revenge. i still want it, but i don't want to use anyone else for it any longer."

faile: do you think they will go away because you decide your motives are not pure enough? Are they any less vile? do you need a purer reason to fight them than what they are?

- in robert jordan's "the shadow rising"