Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun when a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies. Night will fall and the dark will rise when a good man goes to war. Demons run but count the cost; the battle's won but the child is lost.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the cost of conflict, particularly the sacrifices made when good people take action against evil.
In this quote, Steven Moffat captures the profound consequences of war, suggesting that despite the external victories attained by good people, there are significant internal and emotional losses, such as the deterioration of relationships and the loss of innocence. The vivid imagery of demons fleeing in the face of a good man's bravery contrasts sharply with the sorrowful acknowledgment that such bravery often leads to personal sacrifices that cannot be undone.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the sacrifices of soldiers.
It's a funny thing about stories. It doesn't feel like you make them up, more like you find them. You type and type and you know you haven't got it yet, because somewhere out there, there's that perfect thing -- the unexpected ending that was always going to happen. That place you've always been heading for, but never expected to go.
An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand - it's about making people care.
I don't want to think that the stories are finite; I want to feel that they can go on forever.
I'll be a story in your head. But that's OK. We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh? Because it was, you know; it was the best.
The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.
I know this is going to sound very self-serving, and I apologize for it, but if you can write comedy, you can pretty much write anything, because it's the hardest. It's the most technically demanding, the most precisely evaluated form of writing. People know if it works or not. There's a big button marked 'fail,' and that's when nobody laughs.
I have been holding a dialogue with myself and girding myself to stand fast without running.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.
I do a lot of lectures on survival. I always say you can't change what happened, so have a little wallow, feel very sorry for yourself, and then get up and move forward. You can't change what happened.
Being senior enough in the field, having enough solidity, I don't feel afraid of being marginalized.
Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or any other abstraction. They fight for one another. And if you came through this ordeal, you would age with dignity.
I'm not a hero. The Hongkongers who confronted tear gas in the streets are the heroes.
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