Evil, however powerful it seemed,could be undone by its own appetite
What worth was a man who could not be haunted?
Never believe your eyes
We burn so hard, but we shed so little light; it makes us crazy and sad.
Well, it was most likely too late; there would not be time for me to flagellate myself for every dishonorable deed in that list, nor any chance to make good the harms I’d done. Minor harms, to be sure, in the scheme of things; but large enough to regret.
Often people who are wonderful with animals aren't always terribly good with human beings.