“A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.”

“Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.”

“(Rigg) had often complained that all these languages were useless, and Father had only said, "A man who speaks but one language understands none.”

“She likes us, said Umbo. I know, I could feel it too, said Rigg. Shes really glad to have us here. I think she loves us like her own children. Whom she murdered and cut up into the stew. They were ...”

“He committed the crime of stupidity while under my command," said Citizen."Oh my," said Rigg. "They're handing out the death penalty for that these days?”

“Maybe that's all demons ever are. People like us, doing things without even knowing what we're doing.”

“God and government can work together”

“When it comes down to it, government is simply an abandonment of responsibility on the assumption that there are people, other than ourselves, who really know how to manage things. But the governme...”

“In our country let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy Nigeria unity.”