I think piracy is a bit like drinking. You want to stay out all night doing it, you pay the price the next day.
When you can't cheat the game, you'd best find a means to cheat the players.
Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves.
Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.
Any man can fart in a closed room and say that he commands the wind
You can knock down kingdoms on a whim. What you need is someone to make sure you don't get hit by a carriage when you cross the street.