A commanding officer owes loyalty to his subordinates even as they owe loyalty to him. When we pursue these men and women out of loyalty, there are still these bonds that tie us together. The trust I owe to those I command, that they will do their duty as I mine ( Read more... )

Even in Israel, we spoke English a great deal of the time. It is the language of business and the language of art, though Hebrew grows in its usage, in its depth and breadth and strength. We try to make something young and thriving out of something ancient ... a tongue much like the people who speak it, old and young, archaic and updated ( Read more... )

( 'Well, I suppose boat parties are a bad idea.' (Adam et al.) )

( 'Just what story do you want to tell?' (Janaki [NPC by Tez], Isabel) )

( 'Has anyone ever told you that you are surprisingly easy to talk to?' (Isabel) )

( 'But I worry that we are underestimating them, too.' (Isabel) )

( 'In terms of understatments, that one rates high.' (Isabel) )

( 'Seems like a hot commodity.' (Isabel, Dante, Lori, Jean-Paul) )

( 'Latkes. And Jean-Paul didn't bleed in them or anything.' (Isabel, Jean-Paul) )

Moral outrage ( Read more... )