I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.

The Sophisticate: “The world isn’t black and white. No one does pure good or pure bad. It’s all gray. Therefore, no one is better than anyone else.”

The Zetet: “Knowing only gray, you conclude that all grays are the same shade. You mock the simplicity of the two-color view, yet you replace it with a one-color view….

What good will a tax break do me if I'm crippled for life?

Life is not black and white; there is some gray nuance to it.

Law in Ukraine is not black and white; it is shades of gray.

In tragedy, it's hard to find a good resolution; it's not black and white: it's a big fog of gray.