"That isn't true, and even if it were," He turned his head to Lianth, "So what? People are bad by nature. They use, abuse, murder, I'm no different than anyone else. I am not a pessimist, I'm a realist. The glas is neither half empty or half full, it's just twice as large as it needs to be. I see people for what they are, and you call me pessimistic for it. Like you, you're some stupid git who can't accept things for the way they are, you just have to make everything your business and try to make things better even though in the end all your efforts are void because of one nail driven fact. People don't change. Leave me be, you're starting to make me sick."