“Nismo nemoćni jer nam govore što da radimo i jer to činimo. Bespomoćni smo jer volimo sigurnost ropstva.”

“Kolchak nodded, 'Right, because that would make sense." He took off his hat and crumpled it against his hip. 'When I lived in Seattle, I met a man who had been killing people for a hundred years easily. I nearly got arrested painting on his portrait in the bank he owned, just to match his face to the hundred-year-old shot I had of him with a beard. It's possible.' 'Why didn't you just take a picture of the painting and scribble on the picture?' 'It was a gesture,' Kolchak wrung his hands, 'and anyway that's not the point.' ("Wet Dog of Galveston")”

“Jer, tamo gdje se volimo, nikada nije mrak.”

“Ne sviđa li nam se vlastita priča, možemo jepromijeniti. Jer mi smo, na kraju krajeva, njezini autori.”

“Jer svako živi u grobu svom, samo što neće da vidi grob.”

“Ne vrijeđa to što oni lažu, jer laž se može svagda oprostiti, laž je draga, jer vodi istini. Nije to, nego me ljuti što lažu i svojoj se laži klanjaju.”

“Kasno je, sjećanja, uzalud se javljate, beskorisne su vaše nemoćne utjehe i podsjećanja na ono što je moglo da bude, jer što nije bilo, nije ni moglo da bude. A uvijek izgleda lijepo ono što se nije ostvarilo. Vi ste varka koja rađa nezadovoljstvo, varka koju ne mogu ine želim da otjeram jer me razoružava i tihom tugom brani od patnje.”