The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

In no time, what I wished for, I became.

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage.

She can feel his blood, just beneath his skin; when he breathes, the air fills with smoke. He's like a dragon, ancient and fearless.

I must be cruel only to be kind;
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.

All cruelty springs from hardheartedness and weakness