“do what you like, and nothing else”

“Curiosity was a mild irritant, but nothing in the face of fear like this. By doing nothing, I determined that nothing would change, and it didn't. People moan about being in limbo, but actually, I found limbo the safest place to be.”

“Hey, you know what else I don't care about? You giving me orders.”

“I am free. I am haunted. But if nothing else, I am wide awake.”

“You see the mistakes of one system—the surveillance—and the mistakes of the other—the inequality—but there’s nothing you could have done in the one and nothing you can do now about the other. She laughs wryly. “And the clearer you see that, the worse you feel.”

“Do what comes into your life and do it well... Be polite without groveling. If you are ever afraid of anything, do not deny it, but behave as if you feared nothing.”

“What did I do?”“What did you do? Well, for starters, you used your face to stop a cafeteria door from swinging open.”