“The Fifth Commandment of the Decalogue demands that one honor one's mother and father. That is not about calling home. It is about this: Their God is your God, their friends are your friends, their debts are your debts, their enemies are your enemies and their fate is your fate.”

“You can pick your friends and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends off on a saddle.”

“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”

“For to be overmindful of your debt is to doubt his generosity who has the free-hearted earth for mother, and God for father.”

“It’s the enemy of your enemy who is your friend Sophie, not the friend of your friend.”

“If you know your enemy as you know your friend," her mother had said when she gave Mei the book, "then there is hope your enemy will become your friend.”

“If you know your enemy as you know your friend," her mother had said when she gave Mei the book, "then there is hope your enemy will become your friend.”