“Your opinions are your symptoms.”

“Let me get it straight. Your father was king. You were his only son. Your father dies. You are of age. Your uncle becomes king.""Yes.""Unorthodox.”

“Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight.”

“All your life you live so close to truth, it becomes a permanent blur in the corner of your eye, and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque.”

“I agree with everything you say, but I would attack to the death your right to say it. ”

“Player: Relax. Respond. That's what people do. You can't go through life questioning your situation at every turn.”

“Now for a handful of guilders I happen to have a private and uncut performance of the rape of the Sabine Women - or rather woman, or rather Alfred -Get your skirt on Alfred!”