One cannot bring children into a world like this. One cannot perpetuate suffering, or increase the breed of these lustful animals, who have no lasting emotions, but only whims and vanities, eddying them now this way, now that.

“What was the problem then? She must try t get hold of something that evaded her…”

“That illusion of a world so shaped that it echoes every groan, of human beings …”

“Brooding, she changed the pool into the sea, and made the minnows into sharks a…”

“madam," the man cried, leaping to the ground, "you're hurt!" "I'm dead, sir!" s…”