“They all laugh. We all laugh. And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias's true faction. They are not characterized by a particular virtue. They claim all colors, all activities, all virtues, and all flaws as their own.”
“Empathy is the greatest virtue. From it, all virtues flow. Without it, all virtues are an act.”
“I want to be prepared to claim the greatest virtue of all - that I was a man who made money”
“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the neverending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue, is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is.”
“You all laugh at me because I'm different, I laugh at you because you're all the same.”
“A virtue never tested is no virtue at all.- Must I Paint You a Picture”