# Quote — Jim C. Hines, Codex Born

> Every religion I’ve studied has laws or commandments against killing.
>
> Historically, humanity has shown tremendous creativity in finding every possible loophole, rationalization, and justification to ignore these commandments.

- Author: [Jim C. Hines](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines.md)
- Book: [Codex Born](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born.md)
- Page: 296
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_C._Hines#Codex_Born_(2013)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/every-religion-ive

## More from this book

> Do you remember the moment you first realize you were mortal? That no matter what happened, you would never live long enough to read every book you wanted to read? That you’d die having accomplished only a fraction of your goals?

p. 105 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/do-you-remember.md)

> Every Porter was required to see a therapist on a regular basis. It seemed a wise precaution for people who routinely rewrote the laws of existence to suit their whims.

p. 41 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/every-porter-was.md)

> Copper River was a small, tightly knit town. If gossip was a competitive sport, we’d have been sending teams to the Olympics and bringing back gold.

p. 286 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jim-c-hines/codex-born/copper-river-was.md)