“Five hundred years from now, who'll know the difference?!”
“The difference between where you are today and where you'll be five years from now will be found in the quality of books you've read.”
“The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand.”
“This is the music business. 'Five years is five hundred years' - your words.”
“Wait.""So what am I supposed to do now?""You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain of rock had I only realized how good it is to be a monkey."(222-223)”
“A hundred years from now?All new people.”