To have a choice at all is to be free - even when the choice is between two terrible things.

Peter, you're twelve years old. I'm ten. They have a word for people our age. They call us children and they treat us like mice.

The priests say that God created our souls, and that just puts us under the control of another puppeteer. If God created our will, then he's responsible for every choice we make.

In order to learn, one must change one's mind.

Good people aren't good because they never cause harm to others. They're good because they treat others the best way they know how, with the understanding that they have.

I will never hurt you. I will always help you. If you are hungry Ill give you my food. If you are frightened I am your friend. I love you now. And love does not end.

Mazer, i don't want to keep dreaming these things. I'm afraid to sleep. I keep thinking of things i don't want to remember. My whole life keeps playing out as if i were a recorder and someone else wanted to watch the most terrible parts of my life