Rescue Missions

"Here's what your father and I knew about each other: the virtue of the icy heart. If you have it, you can do what isn't fair, you can do what isn't in the neighborhood of right. And you can survive the pain of causing so much pain." (Rescue Missions, page 67)

Here's what I think:

There's no virtue in having an icy heart. Although I think the author used the word virtue here to express an idea of posession, I wanted to make that remark. Also, if you do possess an icy heart, you feel no pain whatsoever. You cause pain and that's the way you go through life. Empowering other people by making them suffer. You make them stronger. Obsviously, there's a price. There's always a price.