No exercise of will can make any of us other than what we are, or more than marginally better than who we are. - James Blish

A common thief with a gun in his hand isn’t half as dangerous as an engineer with a stick of dynamite.

You may as well go, Maurice. You can’t undo what you’ve done in any case, nor can I expect to talk to you out of whatever it is you’re planning. But I will tell you this: Your sanity is dubious.

Impossible!" Father Domenico cried, though choking with the dust of the exploded crucifix. "It is written that in that war you will at last nature conquered and chained!