How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"I also betray the teachings of my new master. But I must follow the dictates of my heart. Neither my old name nor my new do therefore fit me, nor are they deserved—so call me by no name!" (3.187)
Rild finds freedom in liberating himself from his old name. Now he's allowed to follow his own desires even if those desires go against the teachings that taught him to be free in the first place. That's pretty darn free of him.
Quote #5
With this realization, he came into a greater wakefulness, and it was not always the hand of the demon which raised the wine horn to his lips, or twitched the whip in the dungeon. He came to be conscious for greater periods of time, and with a certain horror he knew that, within himself, as within every man, there lies a demon capable of responding to his own kind. (4.200)
We often view freedom as a good thing, but let's face it, you can have too much freedom. Case in point: When a demon takes your body booze-cruising Vegas-style, it's probably time to reel it in a bit.
Quote #6
"Then lift your curse, Binder, and I will depart this very day. I will give you back this cloak of flesh. I long again for the cold, clean winds of the heights! Will you free me now?" (4.235)
We add another layer to the confinements of the human condition. At first it was the flesh—the body—and now it's guilt. But guilt can be a useful confinement when used against our inner demons. Hopefully the metaphorical kind of demons, of course, though it seems to work for literal ones, too.