“The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.”

“You look closely enough, you'll find that everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later.”

“Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots.”

“And concentrating on the spot where the two spindles should be is the closest I get to looking Hannah's eyes as she tells my story.”

“I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt can seriously impair the sensation of freedom one has.”

“You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me that all this ultraviolence and killing is wrong, wrong, and terribly wrong. I've learned me lesson, sir. I've seen now what I've never seen before. I'm cured! Praise Bog! I'm cured! I was cured alright.”

“But they were wrong. There was a reason.”