"Life is constantly fleeting from your grasp even from the very day it's bestowed upon you, but the shadow of death is always there, waiting for its chance to take you away."
"Even though many may not think so, ignorance and innocence are one and the same. The only difference is that one sounds nicer."
"I once knew a man who spent his entire life contemplating where we go after our death....it's a shame he realized it a second too late to tell anyone."
I'd try to make peace between both sides. If I couldn't manage that, i'd create my own force that accepts anyone who sees the idiocy and futility of the conflict and seeks to destroy both sides through guerrilla warfare and sabotage. Peace through destruction.