Alex

“There’s no greys, only white that’s got grubby. I’m surprised you don’t know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.’
‘It’s a lot more complicated than that -’
‘No. It ain’t. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they’re getting worried that they won’t like the truth. People as things, that’s where it starts.”
― Terry Pratchett, Carpe Jugulum

“I've always thought it was worse to see an animal in pain than a [person] injured. You can't explain to an animal that you are going to hurt it a little more now to make it feel better later. You can explain those things to a thinking creature, and chances are it will believe you and cooperate. And it has always been worse, for me, to see an animal die--especially one that is attached to you. They've come to think of you as a kind of god, and expect you to make everything better--and when you can't, it's shattering, to have to betray that trust, even though you can't avoid it.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Black Gryphon

“Take what you want, and pay for it.”
― Robert Jordan

“Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.”
― Frank Herbert