human
You forget one thing, said Griggs at last.
gpt
You make a spiritual engine of mankind, and you forget the mainspring of the world. You leave love out of the question.
human
Perhaps--as you understand love. But you will not pretend to tell me that love is necessarily right, whatever it involves.
gpt
Yes, answered the young man.
human
That is what I mean. Unless your God is a malignant and maleficent demon, the overwhelming passions which take hold of men, and against which no man can fight beyond a certain point, are right, because they exist and are irresistible. As for what you propose that I should do, I cannot do it.
gpt
You could, if you would, said Francesca.
human
There is nothing to hinder you, if you will.
gpt
There is love, and I cannot.