No child really chooses his religion; it is just the luck of the draw which blanket of beliefs you are wrapped in.

People had figured out all sorts of ways to make things seem different than they truly were.

I'm not saying you did the wrong thing. I'm not even saying it wasn't something I'd thought of doing, myself. But even if it was the just thing to do, or the fitting thing, it still wasn't the right thing.

Kid says to me, "You play baseball? What position? Left out?" and gets a big laugh from the rest of the class. Kid is only one person out of 6.792 billion humans on this planet. This planet is only one-eighth of the solar system, whose sun is one of two billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy. Put it that way, the comment loses it's importance.

If he says jump, she doesn't even ask "How high?" She goes out and buys a pogo stick.

I could think whatever I wanted to, but realized that any promises I made myself were destined to be broken.

Power isn't about doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, Reiner. It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.