他曾经决定的同理心必须仅限于可以脱离肉类饮食的食草动物或杂食动物。因为最终，善解人意的礼物模糊了猎人与受害者之间的界限，成功与被击败的人之间的界限。
(Empathy, he once had decided, must be limited to herbivores or anyhow omnivores who could depart from a meat diet. Because, ultimately, the empathic gift blurred the boundaries between hunter and victim, between the successful and the defeated.)