[...] and we are in your debt.[...]
[...]Now let's get something straight: you are not in my debt. Impossible - because I never do anything I dont want to. Nor does anyone, but in my case i know it. So, please don't invent a debt that does not exist, or next you will be trying to feel gratitude - and that is the treacherous first step toward complete moral degradation. You grok that? [...] Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment. [...] The japonese have five ways to say thank you - and every one translates as resentment, in various degrees. [...]
"A stranger in a strange land" Heinlein
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