the same question arose in every soul: "For what, for whom, must I kill and be killed?"... p982

The higher a man stands on the social ladder, the greater the number of people he is connected with, the more power he has over other people, the more obvious is the predestination and inevitability of his every action.

All the true heroes of history will be forgotten and all the villains will be remembered as heroes.

she smiled at him, and at her own fears.

Even if the absence of government really did mean anarchy in a negative, disorderly sense - which is far from being the case - even then, no anarchical disorder could be worse than the position to which government has led humanity.

It is very difficult to tell the truth.

Here I am alive, and it's not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.