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

"Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him.

Stories don’t end with the writers, however many started the race.

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.