“Ponekad kada ne posjeduješ ama baš ništa, jedina stvar koje se možeš držati jeste ponos. Ali čak i obične riječi to ti mogu oduzeti.”
“In fact, I couldn't help thinking that despite their height, adults were just plain unbelievably stupid: men were blowing up other men; soldiers were shooting at children; men were ignoring women they loved; the women who loved them pretended they didn't; and when I read the newspapers to Pir Hederi everyone they talked about seemed to be far more interested in rules and arguments and taking sides than the actual business of living.”