This is a strong-willed mediator who does not want to declare the mediation process dead yet.

I’ve kept it inside this long.
I can do it for a lot longer.
Because I’m strong. Because I’m Isis Blake, and she might not be pretty, or sweet, or well-mannered, but she’s very, very strong.

I cry for those not yet dead.

This world is for those who are born to conquer it, Not for those who dream that are able to conquer it, even if they're right.

The only thing that ever scared him was finding out there was something he couldn't do, so he damn well made sure there was anything he couldn't.

When we are struck at without reason, we should strike back again very hard; I am sure we should - so hard as to teach the person who struck us never to do it again.