[T]he politically correct are above the rules of ordinary civility, once they have identified you as an unbeliever in their religion.

I have never resisted the lord in my life, and I never will. But I'm not so hungry for dialogue with him that I have to make up his part as well as my own.

In my view, suicide is not really a wish for life to end.' What is it then?' It is the only way a powerless person can find to make everybody else look away from his shame. The wish is not to die, but to hide.

Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.

Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.

I don't hate you, I love you, you're part of myself, you're my heart and when you go it's my heart torn out and carried away--

It will hurt." said Petra. "But let's make the most of what we have, and not let future pain ruin present happiness.