“Power isn't about doing something terrible to someone who's weaker than you, Reiner. It's having the strength to do something terrible, and choosing not to.”
“How can someone so wonderful do something so terrible?”
“Sometimes, just saying that you hate something, and having someone agree with you, can make you feel better about a terrible situation.”
“Something terrible happens to people who don't create, something poisonous. Creating is a necessity for all humans, like breathing. If you don't do it, you suffer.”
“Something terrible happened in Salem in 1692 . . . but it isn't what you think!”
“It's a terrible thing to have to wake four people, all older than yourself and all very tired, for the purpose of telling them something they probably won't believe and making them do something they certainly won't like.”