“Slow people are just paying close attention.”

“Just say no to pillaging.”

“Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.”

“Always choose your bodyguard from another country, they find it harder to make alliance and betray you.”

“But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.”

“You don’t have a soul, so you can’t be baptized. All animals are like that. I think it’s unfair and sometimes I don’t believe it. After all, what would heaven be without birds or dogs or horses? And what about trees and flowers? They don’t have souls either. Does that mean heaven looks like a cement parking lot? I suppose this is what the nuns call a theological problem.”

“No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. That's because there isn't any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy lie.”