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Just like any civilized person, you__e spent practically your whole life torturing an innocent wild creature. Starved it, then force-fed it, cut it, cursed it, driven it to exhaustion. Imprisoned it with other creatures who tormented it.___hat?_ Diana shakes her head in miserable confusion. __ don__even kill spiders! I never wanted to hurt anything.___he innocent wild creature to which I refer, my darling, is you.
Martha N. Beck Diana, Herself: An Allegory of Awakening
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Just like any civilized person, you__e spent practically your whole life torturing an innocent wild creature. Starved it, then force-fed it, cut it, cursed it, driven it to exhaustion. Imprisoned it with other creatures who tormented it.___hat?_ Diana shakes her head in miserable confusion. __ don__even kill spiders! I never wanted to hurt anything.___he innocent wild creature to which I refer, my darling, is you.

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