“Never look at what you want to change. Always look at what has changed.”

“Your brain is like a plant. If you plant a seed in it, it will grow into a big idea.”

“What one means one day, you know, one may not mean the next. Circumstances change, opinions alter.”

“Nenek moyang kami mengembangkan konsep tata cara makan, sebagai tanda khusus perilaku manusia beradab”

“Jika penjara adalah ajang darmawisata, semua orang pasti ingin ke sini. Sedikit lapar dan derita akan mengajarkanmu siapa pemimpinnya”

“Selalu ada cadangan untuk masa sulit dalam diri manusia yang dapat mereka peras keluar saat diperlukan. Seperti tetes terakhir pelembab di dalam gabus.”

“I felt like a frog that had just come out of its pit, from which it had contemplated the circle of sky outlined by the rim, and taken it for the whole of the world. I had passed through to the other side of the mirror. (162)”