We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy.

The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.

No," I say firmly. "If you ever doubt anything here, if you ever not know what to think or who to trust, you trust Todd, okay? You remember that.

The only crime, the only crime is to take a life. There is nothing else.' 'And that's why you don't fight,'I say. She turns to me sharply. 'To preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.

Knowledge is dangerous." ~pg 53

Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.

Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.