"Al bugiardo non è creduto il vero."

"Some try to understand the world, while others seek to impose their understanding on it. Unfortunately, Mr. Smiles, t…"

"Time was the enemy of identity."

"“There’s more to life than drugs and sex, Mr. Cornelius.” “There’s more than life to drugs and sex. It’s better than …"

"“I appreciate this quest for national identity,” she said, “but it does seem that most traditions were dropped for th…"

"“Better the myth of happiness,” Harlequin murmured, “than the myth of despair.”"

"Even ruin could not make it picturesque. The streets were awash with weather-stained postcards, bedraggled and muddy …"

"Destiny’s Champion, Fate’s fool. Eternity’s Soldier, Time’s Tool."

"Yesterday’s underdog is tomorrow’s tyrant."

"I was thinking of going into the assassination business. You know what a dreamer I am. Would it be too much of a hit …"