“You are frail because you feign strength.” The voice was disembodied now, and it whispered secretly into a thousand flushed ears. “You are alone because you lie ceaselessly. Those who love you do not know you because you are a mummer. You lust for obscene things because you deny that you lust. You fear your brother, because you fear what he sees. You understand little because to learn you must admit you know nothing.”

