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

He's not a killer. He just wins... Thoroughly

If human beings are all monsters, why should I sacrifice anything for them?" "Because they are beautiful monsters..., And when they live in a network of peace and hope, when they trust the world and their deepest hungers are fulfilled, then within that system, that delicate web, there is joy. That is what we live for, to bind the monsters together, to murder their fear and give birth to their beauty.

The Lord took twice the time making thee, Alvin Smith, cause it took that long to put the mischief in.

Dona Crista laughed a bit. "Oh, Pip, I'd be glad for you to try. But do believe me, my dear friend, touching her heart is like bathing in ice." I imagine. I imagine it feels like bathing in ice to the person touching her. But how does it feel to her? Cold as she is, it must surely burn like fire.

The nations that offer to arbitrate are the ones that think they should rule the world.

Isn’t that what it means to be civilized? That you can wait to get what you want?