I thought for a minute there I saw her whipped. Maybe I did. But I see now that it don't make any difference.... To beat her you don't have to whip her two out of three or three out of five, but every time you meet. As soon as you let down your guard, as soon as you lose once, she's won for good. And eventually we all got to lose. Nobody can help that.

But if they don't exist, how can a man see them?

'But I tried though,' he says. 'Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn't I?'

...[B]ut the rest are even scared to open up and laugh. You know, that's the first thing that got me about this place, that there wasn't anybody laughing. I ha…

Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.

All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!

These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shre…