“Society can only hurt if you care for its opinion”

“Sin is a matter of opinion. Sins are only sins if you are hurting other people.”

“How did you learn to stop crying? (Leta)I nailed my heart shut and learned to stop caring about anyone except me. They can’t make you cry when you don’t give a shit about them or their opinions. You can only be hurt by the ones you love. (Aiden)”

“But only people you care about can hurt you. That doesn't mean I love her. Hate is not the opposite of love; not caring is. And as long as I hate her, I still care about her, and she has the power to hurt me. To make me hate myself.”

“Society tempts me to its service by honours and riches and the good opinion of my fellows; but I am indifferent to their good opinion, I despise honours and I can do very well without riches.”

“Society is what you perceive it to be. It is your reflection. It not only resides in villages. If you think in your mind you have done wrong this society will bother you, not because they care but because you fear that they care.”