“It's not acceptable to torture people for being themselves.”
“What did religion do to people, to provoke such obstinancy, such hysteria - how did it push people to the stage of torturing themselves and killing each other? ”
“A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.”
“Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy. ”
“It's ludicrous to even talk about (Marquis) de Sade, let alone indulge in all that, when people are being tortured and suffering for real, not for sexual games. I have no interest either in being a victim or in turning others into victims.”
“I wish people weren't so set on being themselves, when that means being a bastard.”