Under this big sky I am free from any moral law that doesn't come from right here inside me.

Can you realize that?
Do I seem bad for saying it?
What they call the laws of God are nothing.

I suspect them all, and I'll make every one of them find its authority in me before I obey it." "It sounds--well--unpromising, Bernal." "I told you it was serious, Nance.

I see but one law clearly--I am bound to want happiness.

Every man is bound always to want happiness, Nance.