“The drunk kids, the catholics
They’re all about the same
They’re waiting for something
Hoping to be saved”

“The thing about talking swords…it’s hard to tell when they’re kidding. They have no facial expressions. Or faces.”

““The media have gone berserk.”
“The media always go berserk. A kid falls off a bike in Montana, they’re all over it. Until something else happens.””

“People simply feel better about themselves when they’re good at something.”

“Experimentally she thinks about dumping toxic waste in pristine wilderness and killing the last great apes on earth with a club. She still finds both those thoughts disgusting. This is a relief; it seems to her that she’s just selfish, not evil.
She was always taught they’re the same thing. She hopes she remembers, when she gets out of all this, that they’re not.”

“People have changed the climate of the world. Now they’re waiting for the old days to come back’.”

“Those who worship God for the hope of gaining, they’re not real worshippers, they’re merchants. Those who worship God out of fear (of punishment), they’re slaves. And those who worship God to be grateful towards their creator, they are the free people, and their worship is a real one.”

“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up ’cause they’re looking for ideas.”

“There’s something about an American soldier you can’t explain. They’re so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.”

“You know we’ve been teaching the kids that they’re nothing but animals and today a lot of them act like animals.”