The talk on a cereal box

Nothing is true, everything is permissable.
-- Hassan ibn Sabbah (attributed)

The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded,
condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed,
robbed, brutalized and defamed of all Damned Things is the individual
human being. The social engineers, statistician, psychologist,
sociologists, market researchers, landlords, bureaucrats, captains of
industry, bankers, governors, commissars, kings and presidents are
perpetually forcing this Damned Thing into carefully prepared
blueprints and perpetually irritated that the Damned Thing will not
fit into the slot assigned it. The theologians call it a sinner and
try to reform it. The governor calls it a criminal and tries to punish
it. The psychologist calls it a neurotic and tries to cure it. Still,
the Damned Thing will not fit into their slots.
-- Hagbard Celine, "Never Whistle While You're Pissing"

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp - else what's a Heaven for?
-- Robert Browning

Audiences know what they expect and that is all they are prepared to believe in.
-- Player King, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"