There is no dignity for either the sufferer or the torturer

Isn't it only laughter we can stay human?

Wars are fought by teenagers, you realize that. They really ought to be fought by the politicians and old people who start these wars.

You've commited murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.

To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline and training is all about.

And Adam ruled, for he was the King. Until the day his will to be King deserted him. Then he died, food for a stronger. And the strongest was always the King, not by strength alone, but King by cunning and luck and strength together. Among the rats.

First the priests arrive. Then the conquistadores.