“It is a world of bitter extremes of climate and a totalitarian theocracy.” “That he believes in,” said Thaddeus. “Believing in his religion makes it… - Mike Resnick

You have no moral compunctions about it?" persisted Batman.
"Hell, no," replied Monk. "As Thaddeus says, if God didn't want them fleeced, He wouldn't have made 'em sheep. Words to live by, once you become a carny.

I don't believe you."
"What you believe is of no importance to me.

Well, it's a practical approach," she conceded. "But it's not very satisfying. I think an animal in the forest might have that same viewpoint."
"I spend most of my life with the animals in the forest," replied Chandler. "Very few of them have high blood pressure or heart attacks. Maybe they know something we don't know."
"They don't know anything," said Jade. "They just react."
"They stay warm and dry and well fed," he noted. "When all is said and done, that's all most humans are really trying to do.