David

“In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.”
― Dean Koontz, Brother Odd

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm

“Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World