“The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, add them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases.”

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”

“Faith draws the poison from every grief, takes the sting from every loss, and quenches the fire of every pain; and only faith can do it.”

“As our fates have intertwined and the courses of our lives have been changed by a predetermined course of events, I have come to realise one thing: there is no life after death. There is only death after life.”

“Unless you can find some sort of loyalty, you cannot find unity and peace in your active living.”

“I always thought we were indefeatable. Like nothing could stop us. Maybe I was wrong. Maybe I still do.”