You must not forget that a monster is only a variation, and that to a monster the norm is monstrous.
John SteinbeckMany are the stories I have heard about myself. I have mistresses I have never met. When I hear that I am a sodomist and a zoophalist then I shall know that I have reached the high point of fame, but I suppose I can hardly expect such exaltation for many years.
John SteinbeckFearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life or death of the whole world, of all living things.
John Steinbeck