So complex is the human spirit that it can itself scarce discern the deep springs which impel it to action.

The soul is swayed by the waters.

You have been in Afghanistan I perceive.

My uncle, Mr. Stephen Maple, had been at the same time the most successful and the least respectable of our family, so that we hardly knew whether to take credit for his wealth or to feel ashamed of his position.

My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.

He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as on the English king.

At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to change it in personal and public ways is to undergo a change of perception akin to a religious conversion. Nothing can ever be seen in quite the same way again because once you have admitted the terror and pain of other species you will, unless you resist conversion, be always aware of the endless permutations of suffering that support our society.