“Learning is a deep human need, like mating and eating, and like all such needs it is meant to be deeply pleasurable to human beings.”

“Referring to Jumper the spider, who needs to hide himself in human form, and he's learning to act like a human."I'm sure I can learn to walk faster than that," he said desperately."But you'll also need to learn the nuances of human behavior. Such as not going around naked.""What's wrong with being natural?" he demanded."Humans aren't natural. They are girt about by all manner of conventions. It will take time for you to catch up with them all.”

“Human  beings like to twist things to meet their own selfish needs.”

“No human being ever needs to tell another what it's like to be alone.”

“I do not need the written code of a spiritual belief to act like a decent human being.”

“Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid.”