Prosthetic

“Cordelia had a bad sense of all control escaping with it. She leaned forward, lowering her voice. “Do you know why Vorrutyer died?” He couldn’t help it; he tilted toward her, drawn in. “No . . .” “He tried to hurt Aral through me. I found that . . . annoying. I wish you would cease trying to annoy me, Count Vordarian; I’m afraid you might succeed.” Her voice fell further, almost to a whisper. “You should fear it, too.” His”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Barrayar

“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“One of the things forgotten about the human spirit is that while it is, in the right conditions, noble and brave and wonderful, it is also, when you get right down to it, only human.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!