It was good to be hard, then; all nice people were hard on themselves.
Well, we could grind our enemies into talcum powder with a sledgehammer, but, gosh, we did that last night.
— I wasn`t born a demigod. I had human parents. They took one look and decided they did not want me. They threw me into the sea... like i was nothing. Somehow, i was found by the gods. They gave me the hook. They made me Maui. And back to the humans i went. I gave them islands, fire, coconuts. Anything they could ever want.
— You took the heart for them. You did everything for them so they`d love you.
— It was never enough.
Harsh environments create harsh people.
I send you half the kidney I took from one woman preserved for you... the other piece I fried and ate. It was very nice.
From Hell.
Cruelty depends on an understanding of cruelty, and the ability to choose against it. Or to choose to ignore it.
It was said courteously, coldly, implacably.