“Torture is not torture when there’s any hope of relief.”
“It'll be your own torture," he said, serious. "I hope to God it'll torture you to madness.”
“Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”
“...the work of inspection was left to magistrates and clergymen. To the relief of employers, experience showed that magistrates and clergymen had no objection to law-breaking when its purpose was merely the torture of children.”
“How torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”
“the torturer scores a victory over his victim when the latter, in the grip of doubt, begins to torture himself.”