“One can convert only a sinner, never a saint.”

“The incompetent always present thmeselves as experts, the cruel as pious, sinners as devout, usurers as benefactors, the small minded as patriots, the arrogant as humble, the vulgar as elegant, and teh feeble-minded as intellectual.”

“When everyone is determined to present someone as a monster, there are two possibilities: either he’s a saint or they themselves are not telling the whole story.”

“somethings can only be seen in the shadows”

“Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened.”

“One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver.”

“Some years had passed, but one never forgets faces one wholeheartedly detests.”