If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
Nothing lasts forever. That's the tragedy and the miracle of existence - that everything is impermanent. Everything changes. All we can do is make the best of the time we have. And go down shooting, naturally.
When one is already on the edge of the grave, why not resist?
I'm not dying until I do.
Is this what it means to go back to square one? Most likely. He had nothing left to lose, other than his life.
The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender.
Ring the alarum-bell! Blow, wind! come, wrack! At least we'll die with harness on our back.
When the end comes, I will meet it raging.
We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart.
[He was] Resolved to die in the last dyke of prevarication.
But even in your world it’s a byword. Men will fight bravely and be heroes, but for last-ditch defense against any odds… get a Mother.
Til shade is gone, til water is gone Into the shadow with teeth bared Screaming defiance with the last breath To spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the Last Day.
My last defense / Is the present tense.
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
