“Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.”
“Affronts to her reputation pierced her to the heart, though I couldn’t understand why, since she had very little character left to defend.”
“The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.”
“Why do people insist on defending their ideas and opinions with such ferocity, as if defending honour itself? What could be easier to change than an idea?”
“What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.”
“What I didn't understand, all those years when I was waiting for my life to start, was that it had already started. I was already living it! Those were the most important years, and I didn't even know it.”