“All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities.”

“Fantasy. Lunacy.All revolutions are, until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities.”

“We cut a pack of cards called historical context- our generation, Sixsmith, cut tens, jacks and queens. Adrian's cut threes, fours, and fives. That's all.”

“No entiendo cómo no te diste cuenta de que se trataba de una idea descabellada.Todas las revoluciones son una idea descabellada hasta que suceden; entonces se convierten en realidades históricas inevitables.”

“Preemptive strike,' said Huw, 'must mean not declaring war until your cameras are in position.”

“Once any tyranny becomes accepted as ordinary, its victory is assured.”

“Time is what stops history happening at once; time is the speed at which the past disappears.”