“Le colpe, come le persone, iniziano ad esistere se qualcuno se ne accorge.”

“Niente a Soreni era sbeffeggiato e tenuto ai margini quanto uno stupido, perché se l'astuzia, la forza e l'intelligenza si potevano vincere ad armi pari, la stupidità non aveva peggior nemico di se stessa, e la sua fondamentale imprevedibilità la rendeva pericolosa negli amici più ancora che nei nemici.”

“My father’sabsence was an unspoken void that lived within ourwalls, and although I longed for the day I, too, would fallin love, I was fearful. What if the person who wouldsomeday hold my heart disappeared too?”

“Le persone sono come le parole. Da sole non significano niente, diventano belle se le metti bene insieme.”

“Keep your head down, think small, look after yourself: these constituted the lessons of Leopold. The spirit, once comprehensively crushed, does not recover easily. For seventy-five years, from 1885 to 1960, Congo's population had marinated in humiliation. No malevolent witch-doctor could have devised a better preparation for the coming of a second Great Dictator.”

“Teagan - "What is it?"Garreth - "No one's ever prayed for me before. I've always heard your prayers. You prayed for me to come to you when you had a bad dream. I even heard you pray for a perfect, selfless, superwonderful boy to fall in love with. But I've never heard you pray for me.”

“Gli italiani perdono le partite di calcio come se fossero guerre e perdono le guerre come se fossero partite di calcio.”