Ole Munch Quotes

To free himself, the man ate first so others could not. He killed before he was killed. He wanted nothing more, because only kings had the freedom to want. But now everywhere you look, you see kings. Everything they want, they call their own, and if they cannot have it, they say that they are not free. They even pretend their freedom should be free, that it has no cost, but the cost is always death.

A man has only so many words in his lifetime. For us, there are very few left.[to Roy]

Where people go, the thoughts they have, these are known to me. Instincts. Who flees, who fights. It’s a question of price.

When a man gives with one hand and takes with the other, he breaks his promise. He must be taught. The hand he steals with must be cleaved from him and returned. Still a hand, but now without function.[to Roy]

When a man digs a grave, he has to fill it. Otherwise, it’s just a hole.

A rabbit screams because a rabbit is caught. Knows only that it wants to live.[to Gator]

A man frees a tiger, so the tiger can finish her fight. This does not mean the man is finished with her.[to Dot]

A boy complains because he thinks the world is unfair. He cries to his mother when the toy breaks or the knee is skinned. A man knows better. The things that happen happen. Who lives, who dies. You don’t yell at the boulder for being a rock.[to Gator]