“The opposite of a problem would likely be the correct solution.”

“with every action theres an equal opposite reaction. With every problem, there’s a solution: just a matter of taking action.”

“Solutions like, We solve the problems? Or solutions like, We dissolve fuckers in acid?”

“A problem is something to solve," Phillip says. "If there's no solutions, it's not a problem, so stop treating it like one.”

“Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.”

“No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in math. The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a problem into another form. Depending on the nature and the direction of the problem, a solution might be suggested in the narrative. Tengo would return to the real world with that solution in hand. It was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell. It served no immediate practical purpose, but it contained a possibility.”