He could not live without adversaries, no more than a tree can live without soil; like mangrove trees, which make their own soil, he could create enemies from within himself.
– Peter Evans
He had an accent that carried the longing cadence of the exile.
– Peter Evans
He needed to make deals. a deal meant an opponent, an opponent meant confrontation and confrontation was the source of his strength.
– Peter Evans
The silence of the grave gagged the living; people who had talked with his incarnate approval became sepulchrally mute.