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"better to die saving lives, than to live taking them."

Captain James T. Kirk 

Star Trek- Kirk and McCoy

Night of the Dragon by Gayle F

"It was easier for me, wasn't it, Spock? I was the one dying. It could have been you.
Can I bear to lose you? Now?
I've loved before, deeply...
Never like this never like this
So many ways to die. The possibilities are infinite.
One of us will have to bear it. I doubt fate will be kind enough to kill us together. Who shall I hope dies first?
Your death....
He tried to reach into that grief...to test its limits....
He was crouched, alone and shivering, with Spock's death."


Night of the Dragon by Gayle F (link: http://ksarchive.com/viewstory.php?sid=812)

"Who mourns for Andonias?"

“Human flesh against human flesh. We’re the same. We share the same history, the same heritage, the same lives. We’re tied together beyond any untying. Man or woman, it makes no difference. We’re human. We couldn’t escape from each other if we wanted to. That’s how you do it, Lieutenant. By remembering who and what you are. A bit of flesh and blood afloat in a universe without end. The only thing that’s truly yours is the rest of humanity. That’s where our duty lies.”
-James T. Kirk (”Who Mourns For Adonias?”)