The Lord of Opium

I think people have an instinct for a family. You look until you find a mother, a father, a sister, a brother. They don't have to be blood relatives. They just have to love you. And when you find them, you don't have to look anymore.

How much wickedness could you do in the service of good before it turned into pure evil?

Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them.

The secret of successful education...is finding out how a particular person learns

It isn’t healthy to care for someone who can never love you back.

For purely selfish reasons, the old man had preserved what the rest of the world had destroyed.

You must not be hurt by other people's ignorance.

Bubonic plague killed a third of the people in Europe, but it destroyed the old governments and allowed their citizens to gain freedom. The result was a burst of creativity and prosperity never seen before.

humans are endlessly stupid and greedy.

You get used to being evil.

I could do it," Listen boasted. "Show me how and I could run the whole damn planet." "You can't even reach the on button," said Cienfuegos.

Oh, yes he does. He's a scientist, and they know everything. Religion is crap," declared Listen. "You're the most obnoxious little brat I've ever met." "Both of you be quiet,

They ruined their environment, and their civilization collapsed. You'd think their descendants would have learned not to kill the earth that feeds them, but humans are endlessly stupid and greedy.

He's a scientist, and they know everything. Religion is crap.

I think that people have an instinct for a family. You look until you find a mother, a father, a sister, a brother. They don't have to be blood relatives. They just have to love you. And when you find them, you don't have to look anymore.

Once, he'd been satisfied by the music alone. Now he had learned about friendship...

Eejits can feel pain, mi patron, otherwise I couldn't train them. I don't think they suffer in the same way we do. To suffer implies emotion, and eejits don't have that

It’s strange. He knows more about science than we do, and he’s a hundred years in the past. He says we depend too much on machines. All we know how to do is press buttons, but he knows how the buttons work.

The secret of successful education is finding out how a particular person learns.

I remember too much. But don't worry, Don Sombra. People like me have an infinite ability to forgive themselves.

He knows more about science than we do, and he's a hundred years in the past. He says we depend too much on machines. All we know how to do is press buttons, but he knows how the buttons work.

The brain is shaped by the experiences of the body, and the body is shaped by the brain. Changing one part results in lethal confusion for the other.

Don't leave it too long. It's harder to repair a friendship later.

Do your zombies eat brains? Are they horrible and scary? They're only sad.

Matt had to swallow hard to keep tears from forming. Fidelito had called him brother!