- "But sick or well, humans are fragile creatures, you know. There's no anticipating how and when they might die, or for what reason."
- "Country people are actually worse, if anything, than city folk," he went on. "Another thing. You said just now that you didn't think there was anyone among your relatives you'd call bad. But do you imagine there's a certain type of person in the world who conforms to the idea of a 'bad person'? You'll never find someone who fits that mold neatly, you know. On the whole, all people are good, or at least they're normal. The frightening thing is that they can suddenly turn bad when it comes to the crunch. That's why you have to be careful.
- "Money, my friend. The most moral of men will turn bad when they see money."
- Words are not just vibrations in the air, they work more powerfully than that, and on more powerful objects.
- My past, which made me what I am, is an aspect of human experience that only I can describe.
sep 4 2014 ∞
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