You didn't make me responsible. You don't have that power. This—he held up his hands, and light glowed from his palms—this made me responsible. Having power made me responsible. I had the power and you had the brains. So we were chosen. That's the way it works, isn't it? People who can have to help those who can't. The strong defend the weak from the strong. I don't think you invented that, Astrid; all you did was make me see it. Well, I see it. There it is. The FAYZ gave me this light, and the FAYZ made it necessary. And now the light isn't helping, is it? Now that monster is going to walk into town and kill people I care about and people I love.

~ Michael Grant

Michael Grant Chosen Path Decision Making Defend Destruction Good And Evil Helping Others Helplessness Humanity Humanity And Society Learning Light Love Necessary Evil Necessary To Fight Power Power And Responsibility Responsibility Responsibility To Protect Understanding Oneself And Others World

You didn't make me responsible. You don't have that power. This—he held up his hands, and light glowed from his palms—this made me responsible. Having power made me responsible. I had the power and you had the brains. So we were chosen. That's the way it works, isn't it? People who can have to help those who can't. The strong defend the weak from the strong. I don't think you invented that, Astrid; all you did was make me see it. Well, I see it. There it is. The FAYZ gave me this light, and the FAYZ made it necessary. And now the light isn't helping, is it? Now that monster is going to walk into town and kill people I care about and people I love. (Chapter Twenty-Six | 2 Hours, 56 Minutes)

~ Michael Grant

Michael Grant Chosen Path Decision Making Defend Destruction Good And Evil Helping Others Helplessness Humanity Humanity And Society Learning Light Love Necessary Evil Necessary To Fight Power Power And Responsibility Responsibility Responsibility To Protect Understanding Oneself And Others World

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

~ Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead Acceptance Choices Good And Evil Lesser Evil Necessary Evil

This explained to me--and I suppose, forgave me--my inability to see the face of this man, because whoever must deceive us in order to live will by necessity far exceed the skill of ordinary men, who are as much tempted by the desire to be honest as they are plagued by guilt and shame when they have broken faith.

~ Michael Ennis

Michael Ennis Deception Necessary Evil