"The mistake ninety-nine percent of humanity made was being ashamed of what they were; lying about it, trying to be somebody else. […] The difficult thing, the glorious thing, was to be who you really were, even if that person was cruel or dangerous, particularly if cruel and dangerous, There was courage in not disguising the animal you happened to be. On the other hand, you had to avoid pretending to be more of an animal than you were."