My mother said I broke her heart...but it was my integrity that was important. Is that so selfish? It sells for so little, but it's all we have left in this place. It is the very last inch of us...but within that inch we are free.

Alan Moore
About This Quote

This is a very powerful quote. It is about the importance of integrity and how it is a way to protect yourself against the world. Integrity, as this quote describes, will not be broken. With integrity, you will always be able to rise above the negative things that the world throws at you.

You always have a place to go back to, no matter how many times you fail. People who have integrity are able to make it through hard times, even when people around them can't.

Source: V For Vendetta

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