“The causes of illusions are not pretty to discover. They're either vicious or tragic.”

“It's such a waste to be subtle and vicious with people who don't even know that you're being subtle and vicious”

“You'll come back, because yours is an error of knowledge, not a moral failure, not an act of surrender to evil, but only the last act of being victim to your own virtue. We'll wait for you and when you come back, you will have discovered that there need never be any conflict among your desires, nor so tragic a clash of values as the one you've borne so well.”

“Today we have discovered the word that could not be said. "I”

“That's a cute sentence: the years to come. Why are you so sure they're coming?”

“In this world, either you're virtuous or you enjoy yourself. Not both, lady, not both.”

“Don't worry. They're all against me. But I have one advantage: they don't know what they want. I do.”