Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior.

The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

it was all your genes that made us geniuses, mom. said peter. we sure didn't get any from dad. i heard that. father said, not looking up from the news that was being displayed on the table while he ate it would've been wasted if you hadn't

With life. Rooter says that life is how God gives purpose to the universe.

It's called civilization. Women invented it, and every time you men blow it all to bits, we just invent it again.

Oh, Val," said Father. "All you have to do is live your life, and everyone around you will be happier." "No greatness, then." "Val," said Mother, "goodness trumps greatness any day." "Not in the history books," said Valentine. "Then the wrong people are writing history, aren't they?" said Father.

There's a sort of rage a man feels when he's been deceived where he most trusted. It compares to no other anger.