You may not hold me guilty of sins committed in dreams. - Robert Silverberg

Take this as a bit of easy wisdom: people who try to rule over other people are going to be hated.

The priest had once told Rosita Estancia that her younger brother Charley was a damned soul, and Charley had found out about it. In a way, he was rather flattered.

My life was in crisis. All my values were becoming meaningless. I was discovering that my chosen profession was empty, foolish, as useless as—as playing chess.