“What an incomparable creature is the sea! ("Absolute Evil")”
“In the world, there is no absolute good, and absolute evil.”
“Evil is a completely different creature, Mac. Evil is bad that believes it's good.”
“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are. A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.”
“Questions of absolute good and evil are much better not opened to public debate these days, when so few people are sure of their absolutes”
“I will not have a sea creature destroyed, if I can help it. And I can help it.”