“What is the world coming to, when you can't trust a whore named Snake?”
“What is the world coming to, when you can't even trust a rogue vicar and her demon lover?”
“All we can go on is what we think, how we see the world. If you can't trust your own mind what can you trust?”
“Previously, when I began to write this tale, I set out by saying that Mlle. Claude was a whore. She is a whore, of course, and I'm not trying to deny it, but what I say now is--if Mlle. Claude is a whore then what name shall I find for the other women I know?”
“Trust. That was what this was all about. If you can't trust the one you love, you don't have anything.”
“You can't trust machines. You can't trust people.”