“And all this time that I’ve worried over the state of my soul, I shouldn’t have bothered,” Genevieve said angrily. - Sheri S. Tepper

He thinks he’s a liberal, he’s generally on our side, but he’s also ex-military, and he falls for the national security gambit every time someone plays it. Star Wars. Stealth anything. Talk about burning the flag and he gets all choked up. Funny, so many of these guys think the country stands for the flag instead of the other way around. So long as Old Glory’s whipping in the breeze, it’s okay to deal guns to kids and cheat on your taxes.

Man has always tortured in the name of his gods and committed atrocities in the name of his culture.

Mostly it's just that you're not one of us. If you're not one of us, you're an unbeliever. Everyone not part of us is part of the devil: you, the people of Ahabar, the people of Phansure, everyone. Our Cause is to destroy the devil, all of it. We're the only true followers of God. We have the truth. It was revealed to us, long ago, on Manhome."…
"You believe that, too?"
"Of course I believe it. It is my Cause. It was my father's Cause, and his father's before him. Even on Manhome we killed the unbelievers."