“Interesting thing, these fellows never seem to get the idea of perspective-'The Bursar thought, or received the thought: that's because perspective is a lie. If I know a pond is round then why should I draw it oval? I will draw it round because round is true. Why should my brush lie to you just because my eye lies to me?”

“A lie can run round the world before the truth has got its boots on.”

“The year is round! The wheel of the world must spin! That is why up here they dance the Dark Morris, to balance it. They welcome the winter because of the new summer deep inside it!”

“Don't look back!" "Why not?" "Because I just did! Run faster!”

“It's hard to explain," said Brutha. "But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.”

“No. Men should die for lies. But the truth is too precious to die for.”

“It's lies. It's all lies. Some of them are just prettier than others, that's all. People see what they think is there.”