"There's no grays, only white that's got grubby. I'm surprised you don't know that. And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That's what sin is."
"It's a lot more complicated than that--"
"No. It ain't. When people say things are a lot more complicated than that, they means they're getting worried that they won't like the truth. People as things, that's where it starts."
"Oh, i'm sure there are worse crimes--"
"But they starts with thinking about people as things..."
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| Granny Weatherwax,, in Carpe Jugulum,, p. 278,, by Terry Pratchett
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