“But remember, there are two ways to dehumanize someone: by dismissing them, and by idolizing them.”

“If you were to force people to do something against their free choice, you would be dehumanizing them. The option of forcing everyone to go to heaven is immoral, because it's dehumanizing; it strips them of the dignity of making their own decision; it denies them their freedom of choice; and it treats them as a means to an end. When God allows people to say 'no' to him, he actually respects and dignifies them.”

“We did a few things worth remembering, and I wish for someone to remember them.”

“Isn't it also that on some fundamental level we find it difficult to understand that other people are human beings in the same way that we are? We idealize them as gods or dismiss them as animals.”

“A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.”

“But one may like someone enough to kiss them without liking them enough to confide in them. The two are quite different emotions.”