This chapter's epigraph comes from a famous line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar , in which he says, "I am not afraid of the sword; I am afraid of death." The epigraph is a reference to the fact that the sword is a symbol of death, and that death is the end of the world as we know it. It is also a reminder of Caesar's famous line, "If I had a sword, I would not hesitate to use it against those who did not love me, for they were not worthy of my love." It is this line that the epigraph uses to illustrate the point that Caesar was not afraid to use the sword against the people who did love him, for he believed that they were unworthy of his love.