1. “Take other people’s work for granted and you find yourself in a hole.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
2. “The more experienced and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.” (Henry Morton Stanley, In Darkest Africa)
3. “… the human mouth is the gateway to catastrophe.” (Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi – Book One: The Way of the Samurai)
4. “Man is notorious for inventing creatures to explain away the otherwise unexplainable.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
5. “One cannot violate the prompting of one’s nature without having that nature recoil upon itself. Such a recoil is like that of a hair, made to grow out from the body, turning unnaturally upon the direction of its growth and growing into the body – a rankling, festering thing of hurt.” (Jack London, White Fang)
6. “The human being is such a complex animal that we have to be content to muddle through things the best we can. Some days, it just doesn’t seem nearly enough.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
7. “… any dominant personality trait could be suddenly reversed under stress conditions: parental personalities could flop over and turn childishly petulant, hysterical personalities could become icy calm – or logical personalities could become illogical.” (Michael Crichton, Congo)
8. “Surely you have noticed, Señor Quarrier, that the people we dismiss most vehemently are the very ones we find it necessary to dismiss most often?” (Peter Matthiessen, At Play in the Fields of the Lord)
9. “The spirit flies, Nicholas – it is the only thing we possess which can. It is a sin to tie it down, to deny your spirit its breath. Life is nothing without it. We merely survive, from day to day, in a kind of unthinking limbo.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)
10. “Human nature doesn’t change.” (Michael Crichton, Congo)
