Quotes About Responsibility

If I could have, I would've taken you with me," Walker said. "That I couldn't do, but I could make sure you had the tools to survive." It didn't answer Aden's question, but he didn't push. Then Walker added, "You're not my son, Aden, but that's how I've always thought of you.

You helped him stay stable.* *No, Ivy. I made sure he didn't go over the final edge, but that isn't enough.*

Aodhan was the one who answered, voice quiet but words potent. "If Raphael were to perish, the Seven divided, would we not come together should we have a chance to avenge his death?

You'll take her with you." Naasir looked up at Raphael. Blinked. Then snarled. "I can't be dragging around a historian. They break.

Sabes que he venido a verte a ti antes que a mi madre? –Le dijo un Illium cansado, uno de los últimos días de verano al entregarle una carta-. Galen amenazó con arrancarme las plumas una a una si no lo hacía. -Illium

I will always be your father . . . and I wish to God I wasn't.

If all the strong ones leave, then the Council will be completely without limits. I am precisely where I need to be.

That's what happens when the rot comes from the top. People turn into mindless sheep.

Why did we think having a cub was a good idea?

That's your idea of teaching? I could've been splattered from here to Manhattan!

He has little use for scholars, but you are his sole grandchild, and as such, he is willing to overlook your failings as long as you conduct yourself as a princess of the court during your time of service. Do not disappoint him, Andromeda. Your grandfather's mercy is not endless.

I think at a certain point, a person must take responsibility for being their own person. To look forever backward..." She thought of the pile of returned letters her mother hoarded in a trunk, letters Camio hadn't even bothered to open. "It's stagnation and obsession.

We don't choose our parents. And their mistakes aren't our own. You are what you make yourself—don't ever forget that.

I would fly our child wherever she needed to go.

You can't simply blame another." It was lazy and absolved one party of responsibility in a circumstance that both'd had a chance to influence. "I say that as a woman who so long blamed Aegaeon for what I became. But I" — she slapped a hand over her chest — "made choices along the way.

Llevaría volando a nuestro hijo a donde quiera que necesitara ir. -Galen

People talk but do nothing," the Ginen people said. "Papa God doesn't talk, but he does plenty.

Why? Because I played god with you? Baby girl, that's what I do. And not lightly, either." He thought about that for a second. "Well, yes, sometimes lightly. You know what they say about all work and no play.

Mister Pierre was finally looking at the baby's body. "A boy? Why aren't you two lackwits seeing to my child?" There had been women's voices in this room all these long hours. Mister Pierre's booming was like sudden thunder during a soft rain.

What are gods for, then, if they let things like this to happen to their people?

I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home.... I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby.

I am thankful for the taxes I pay because it means that I'm employed.

Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance, he laid the blame on a woman.