“The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.”

“…the consequences of sex are often more memorable than the act itself.”

“He was already dead, he reflected. It seemed to him thatit was only now, when he had begun to be able to formulatehis thoughts, that he had taken the decisive step. The consequencesof every act are included in the act itself. He wrote:Thoughtcrime does not entail death: thoughtcrime IS death.”

“... every single act we do has the potential of causing pain, and every single thing we do has consequences that echo way beyond what we can imagine. It doesn't mean we shouldn't act. It means we should act carefully. Everything matters [p. 41].”

“Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.”

“It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.”