“Time, it transpires, is not so good at telling after all.”

“There is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd.”

“... I have waited for this day, and grief faded with time.Or did it? Perhaps grief never leaves us but is merely drowned out by a flood of life overwhelming it. Perhaps the wound that bled once is bleeding still, and I did not notice it until now.”

“Luck is sometimes merciful. The Game never is.”

“Have you ever or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage, or in terrorist activities, or genocide? I think we can put a big yes down for all of the above.”

“You must choose the life you live at the time you live it.”

“Words are made by history, we build them and they change meaning through time, but the music they play...”

“The first two tracks were pop songs from the 1970s, sung in Danish in a style that was best described as Abba without joy.”

“Until you have not been free, you cannot understand what freedom means.”

“We all die. We don't have to live our lives fearing it.”

“What is the purpose of history? It seeds only hate. All the history books should be burnt, so that we are no longer the peoples of our lands, but merely peoples...”