God gave Moses the Ten Commandments: rules of behavior that were supposed to make people moral. Ten was too much to remember. Jesus knew this. He brought them down to two: Love God and Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself. Still too much to remember, if the last 2,000 years is an indicator. So let’s bring it down to a simple four words: Don’t be a bastard.

Steven Grant (b. 1953) American writer

Scars, #6 (Afterword) (Jun 2003)