“...(It) is to one British colonial policy-maker or another that we owe the Boxer Rebellion, the Mau Mau insurrection, the Boer War, and the Boston Tea Party”

“I saw the Fall of Troy! World War Five! I was pushing boxes at the Boston Tea Party! Now I'm gonna die in a dungeon.... [disgustedly] in Cardiff!”

“We all sat there laughing and sipping tea peacefully, an infidel and representatives from three warring sects of Islam. And I thought if we can get along this well, we can accomplish anything. The British policy was ‘divide and conquer.’ But I say ‘unite and conquer.”

“Pak, aku mau sekolah sing pinter saja. Aku mau jadi orang pinter!" balas Bayek.”

“Aku mau selamanya bersamamu. Berbagi pagi seperti ini berdua denganmu. Maka, jadilah milikku, mau?”

“Menuliskan tanda tanda zaman adalah menuliskan kegelisahan kebudayaan di tengah tengah pelbagai himpitan yang mau meniadakannya. Hanya manusia yang mau resah dan tidak mau mapan mampu menuliskannya.”