What is the most resilient parasite?
A bacteria? A virus?
An intestinal worm?
An idea.
Resilient. Highly contagious.
Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it's almost impossible to eradicate.
An idea that is fully formed, fully understood, that sticks.
— I suppose they're gonna lock me up as well... as your accomplice.
— Accomplice? I'm gonna tell them the whole thing was your idea.
A simple idea. Trust myself.
The subject's mind can always trace the genesis of the idea. True inspiration's impossible to fake.
Baby turtles and alligators may seem like a cute idea for a pet, but they grow up.
But I did not get to where I am by thinking small.
The Brotherhood cannot be wiped out because it is not an organization in the ordinary sense. Nothing holds it together except an idea which is indestructible.
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