Hope could be dangerous, desire could be catastrophic. - Robert Sheckley

“I’m afraid not. According to the law, you must leave here at once.”
“But they’ll kill me!”
“That’s very true,” Frendlyer said. “Unfortunately, it can’t be helped. A victim, by definition, is one who is to be killed.”
“I thought this was a protective organization.”
“It is. But we protect rights, not victims. Your rights are not being violated.“

In the maze of Venice it is difficult to find anything quickly; but it is equally difficult to lose anything for long.

He exaggerated somewhat. In fact, not one word did he say that was true.