“Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.”

“1. Knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find."--”

“The power-hungry individual follows a path to his own destruction.”

“Rosie, maybe I'm a masochist, but I think the world of you. You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen and you've got no idea. You think it's any fun for me to sit here being loathed by you? I'm in love with you.”

“The tragedy of being both rational and animal seems to consist in having to choose between duty and desire rather than in making any particular choice”

“To care for anyone else enough to make their problems one's own, is ever the beginning of one's real ethical development.”

“There comes a time when every life goes off course, when you must choose a direction. Will you fight to stay on path? Will others tell you who you are, or will you label yourself? Will you face your greatest fear bravely? Or will you succumb to the darkness in your soul? Will you be haunted by your choice? Or will you embrace your new path? Each morning you choose to move forward or simply give up."”