“All that we disclose of ourselves forever is this warning. Nothing that you build has stood. Any system you contrive without us will be brought down.”
“Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat’s meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.”
“LATELY WE STARTED SEEING THROUGH ANOTHER KIND OF CON: THERE IS A CERTAIN KIND OF PROFESSIONAL WHO CLAIMS TO REPRESENT US… THE MPs… THE COMMUNIST PARTY, THE UNION LEADERS, THE SOCIAL WORKERS, THE OLD-OLD LEFT… ALL THESE PEOPLE PRESUMED TO ACT ON OUR BEHALF. ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS IN COMMON… THEY ARE ALL AFRAID OF US… THEY’LL PREACH TOWARDS KEEPING THE PEACE… AND WE ARE BORED… POOR… AND VERY TIRED OF KEEPING THE PEACE.”