“They were people who had no doubt whatsoever that the more narrow-minded they became, the closer they got to heaven.”

“Aomame's family - as far as Ushikawa could see it, that is - were narrow-minded in their thinking, narrow-minded in the way they lived. They were people who had no doubt whatsoever that the more narrow-minded they became, the closer they got to heaven.”

“The city was the perfect place, it was... Heaven. And when I got here people said: who are you? But I thought they were asking where so I said, Heaven.’Melrose sucks his pen. ‘And that became your name.’‘It’s not my name. It’s just what people call me.”

“One way or another the no doubt mad idea entered my mind that my own actions had historic importance and this fantasy (?) made it appear that people who harmed me were interfering with an important experiment.”

“The closer you got to someone, the more it would destroy you when they were inevitably gone.”

“Religion only serves to add more narrow-minded, ignorant, bigoted, discriminatory and hateful people to the world.”