“When someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill them first.”

אִם-אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָם-- תִּשְׁכַּח יְמִינִי

If You're Going Through Hell, Keep Going

No one is going to help you if you do not stand up for yourself.

To think that others would defer to our sensibilities is an unrealistic expectation.

We have to fight for our own interests and see how well we manage them.