“Its our memories that teach us who we are.”

“One consequence of ignorance is that it misdirects anger.”

“To tell a lie is to risk being caught out and theres excitement in avoiding traps: it was an aspect of my childhood I was perhaps averse to relinquishing.”

“Felix has always believed that if there is one thing in life that is fated it is our birth, that far-fetched conspiracy of circumstances which have to occur in order for us to get born.”

“The temptation to betray a secret, always breathing its hot breath in your ear.”

“Power needs plots because plots are secret until they unfold and the most gratifying kind of power is holding onto an explosive secret.”

“For every inch of skin, there is memory. Devils are so made. Saints, too, if you believe in them. His humanity has been broken as an old walking stick that once held up a crippled man named Thomas....”

“It frightens me that I can't do anything sensible about it.""Are you scared that you'll wind up with a boring job where you have to see the same people every day and drink instant coffee?""I'm more...”

“She'd be dead before the memories and pain were finally gone; she knew it, accepted it, and dealt with it.”