Think about what it would mean to fight, " he said. "Say we barricade ourselves here in the hotel and refuse to leave. They come at us with their Weapon, whatever it is. Some of us are hurt, some die. We go out to meet them with whatever weapons we can find - sticks, maybe, or pieces of broken glass. We battle each other. Maybe they set fire to the hotel. Maybe we march into the village and steal food from them nad they come after us and beat us. We beat them back. In the end, maybe we damage them so badly that they're too weak to make us leave. What do we have? Friends and neighbors and families dead. A place half destroyed, and those left in it full of hatred for us. And we ourselves will have to live with the memory of the terrible things we have done. . Jeanne DuPrau
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This is an interesting one, but I didn't come across it till just this week. I had to look up the movie that it was from, and then realized it was from The Shawshank Redemption. It's true though, the first line is true to life. But what's really interesting is how many other people have said it since then.

Source: The People Of Sparks

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