MOTHER: I am glad that you are spending time with my sons. I hope you help them gain self-confidence. I am sure you will help them think and act correctly, and most importantly, be obedient and affectionate towards their mother. Today, a mother is relentlessly confronted with her children. They are impersonal, dangerous, and resemble those bombs that can explode at any moment.
SLEEP: My friends, from what I have observed, are good kids and they love and respect their mother, and even more so.
MOTHER: What are you saying, my dear! Never utter such dangerous words in front of them. They may become disobedient and violent. You must always tighten your children's belts a little more if you don't want them to suffocate and start doing whatever comes to their mind. [...]
(from "The Gift")
PETROU: What do you think? Do you think it's easy to be a cheat, to have the ability to deceive everyone? What do you think? Is it easy? Answer me! And think that in order to become a cheat, there are no schools and studies that teach you such a thing, but you have to train yourself, from your mind and your abilities, even from your dreams. [...] From the moment you realize that you have the talent for cheating, then you are obliged to cultivate it, develop it, multiply it. You don't know how far you can go having this ability, [...] it gives you wings, makes you superhuman, above any injustice and exploitation. It's like being the leader of a party that goes from 4% in the previous elections to 27%, and even more. [...]
(from "Out Now")
