“...I can't answer that," replied the werewolf. "Like all good dogs, I'm a cynic, and therefore a little blind. I can only see things as they are, not as they ought to be...”
“What we ask is to be human individuals, however peculiar and unexpected. It is no good saying: "You are a little girl and therefore you ought to like dolls"; if the answer is, "But I don't," there is no more to be said.”
“Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.”
“I'm just the librarian. I can only give you the books. I can't give you the answers.”
“I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can't complain.”
“Sometimes I can't see myself when I'm with you. I can only just see you.”