But what kept them on their feet when there was no sane reason for hope were the bonds between them, loyalty to one another, theknowledge others depended on them even as they depended on those others. And sometimes, all too rarely, it came down to a single person it was simply unthinkable to fail. Someone they knew would never quit on them, never leave them in the lurch.
"Honorverse" - The Honor of the Queen (1993)