“There's nowhere else to escape to ... Except in a wooden box, that is.”

“Is that a banana in your lunch box, or are you just pleased to see me?”

“All those old myths and legends and fairytales didn't just appear out of nowhere for no good reason, you know.”

“There is no such thing as 'just one last cigarette' – except the last cigarette that you've already had.”

“When it came to dealing with feral dissidents, there was only one unwritten law that superseded all others: "An' it secure a conviction, do what thou wilt.”

“I? This is the very root of all evil.”

“There was a great joke that was forever doing the rounds in the jail and it was probably funny not because it had a humorous punchline but because it was so very true at a deep psychological level. Put anyone in that jail and soon enough they'd actually become a cruel, twisted, sadistic and heartless thug. And some of the prisoners were just as bad.”