"One sees the mask of Justine worn by people who use innocence to avoid the harsh realities that life presents or that well up from the heart...The Justine innocent may not have felt the stings of life and therefore lives a partial consciousness, a girlish simplicity. Or, she is not capable of aggression and will not intentionally hurt anyone under any circumstances. Such sensitive people cannot edit a manuscript or correct a student's paper or honestly advise a friend, precisely because they cannot be agent of hurt, even with the best of motives."

--Thomas Moore