I don’t even close my eyes. Out there or inside my head, it’s an equal darkness. Or light.

“No empire imposed by force or otherwise has ever been without this feature: con…”

“They seemed to be able to choose. We seemed to be able to choose, then. We were…”

“She had her reasons. Not that they were the same as anybody else's reasons.”

“It's impossible to say a thing exactly the way it was, because of what you say …”