“Once again I had asked an innocent question, and because of it, I was banished from the conversation.”

“Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers, and were glad when you had found them. Become that child again: even now.”

“Once again Toll-by-Night had burst out of its captivity, like a monstrous jack from an innocent-looking box. And this time Mosca was a part of it.”

“Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had answers, I'd be a politician.”

“I saw that she didn't want to answer that question and so I asked again: when mouths close it's because there's something important to be said.”

“I don’t know whom shall I ask this question! What is the rationality behind killing and murdering innocent people for the sake of your God?”