'I could kill you like this,' Peter whispered. 'Just press and press until you're dead'.

I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.

Because never in my entire childhood did I feel like a child. I felt like a person all along―the same person that I am today.

If anyone have intercourse with a pig or a dog, he shall die. If a man have intercourse with a horse or a mule, there is no punishment. But he shall not approach the king, and shall not become a priest... If a pig spring upon a man for intercourse, there is no punishment.

Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail.

Religion is tied to the deepest feelings people have. The love that arises from that stewing pot is the sweetest and strongest, but the hate is the hottest, and the anger is the most violent.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.