Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices. Why Is Sex Fun?: The Evolution of Human Sexuality

If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything The Castle

No date. The day had no date. Diary of a Madman

Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately steppint into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Moby Dick