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“History is like a big pile of pancakes where each pancake is a new map of the world”

“What is this great fairytale we live in and which each of us is only permitted to experience for such a short time?”

“But, just because we loved each other, doesn't mean we were meant to be together. And just because you loved one, doesn't mean you can't love another. ”

“The monomyth is a single great circle of tales marking out each stage in the hero's life: from birth to death; then on again, through resurrection and rebirth.”

“Editors are inundated with submissions, and every editor comes into work each day to find a new stack of manuscripts and proposals. They are all looking out for books in their area of interest or expertise, and they are trying to avoid books that are too similar to something else the house has recently bought or published, as well as books by fanatics, lunatics, and terrible writers. Barry, Sam (2010-05-18). Write That Book Already!: The Tough Love You Need To Get Published Now (p. 95). F+W Media, Inc Kindle Edition.”

“Całe życie walczyłam o swoją godność i nie zamierzam wysłuchiwać tego. Przykro mi z powodu śmierci pani syna i synowej, ale niech pani mnie się nie czepia i nie obraża. A teraz przepraszam, ale pójdę już.”

“Sporo mieliśmy akcji z bombami, ludzie czasami chcą się pobawić i robią takie głupoty na żarty, ale zawsze sprawę traktujemy poważnie. Chyba sama nie wierzę w to, co myślę. Zbyt długo pracuję z przestępczością, aby wierzyć, że ten zamach może być tylko jakimś wygłupem, tym bardziej, że ten facet ma broń i jest na prochach.”

“Życie nas zaskakuje i czasami nie możemy się z tym pogodzić.”

“Wszystko zmierza do określonego punktu. I wtedy, kiedy nadchodzi czas: bach! godzina zero. Tak, wszystkie ścieżki zbiegają się, kiedy nadchodzi godzina zero — pokiwał łagodnie głową. — Kiedy nadchodzi godzina zero.”

“Są takie dni, kiedy marzę, by nikogo na swojej drodze nie spotkać. Kiedy wyglądam jak milion dołów i czuję się piękna, radosna, nie spotykam nikogo znajomego. Nikogusieńko. A kiedy przemykam między domami nieuczesane, z czerwonym Michałem, nieumalowana...bach, wszyscy znajomi po drodze.”

“Lipintz poczuł ulgę na wieść o rozwiązaniu jednego z największych problemów. Bardziej niż państwowych oficjeli obawiał się zemsty byłego sojusznika, który na pewno chciał się pozbyć niewygodnych świadków nieudanej misji. To strach przez Bach- Zelewskim motywował go do przestrzegania reguł aresztu domowego. Przez pierwsze tygodnie nie zbliżał nawet się do okien w obawie, że mógłby go zauważyć jakiś agent.”

“„(…) W tym momencie na ekranie, w samym rogu kadru, pojawiło się dwóch chłopców, z których niższy miał na sobie bufiaste spodnie do kolan, a wyższy… dziwnie znajomą bluzę z napisem „CALIFORNIA BEACH GUARD”. Chłopak stroił głupie miny. Wojtek przyjrzał mu się uważniej i ze zdumienia poderwał się na równe nogi, bo… bo to był… Mikołaj! (…) Wojtek wytrzeszczał z niedowierzaniem oczy. Przecież to autentyczna kronika, widział ją niejeden raz! Co jest?””

“(...) I share almost ninety-nine per cent of my genes with a chimpanzee - and our longevity is virtually the same - but I don't think you have an inkling of how much more I comprehend, and yet I know I must tear myself away from it. For example, I have a good grasp of just how infinitely great outer space is and how it's divided into galaxies and clusters of galaxies, spirals and lone stars, and that there are healthy stars and febrile red giants, white dwarfs and neutron stars, planets ans asteroids. I know everything about the sun and moon, about the evolution of life on earth, about the Pharaohs and the Chinese dynasties, the countries of the world and their peoples as presently constituted, not to mention all the studying I've done on plants and animals, canals and lakes, rivers and mountain passes. Without even a pause for thought I can tell you the names of several hundred cities, I can tell you the names of nearly all the countries in the world, and I know the approximate populations of every one. I have a knowledge of the historical background of the different cultures, their religion and mythology, and to a certain extent also the history of their languages, in particular etymological relationships, especially within the Indo-European family of languages, but I can certainly reel off a goodly number of expressions from the Semitic language too, and the same from Chinese and Japanese, not to mention all the topographical and personal names I know. In addition, I'm acquainted with several hundred individuals personally, and just from my own small country I could, at the drop of a hat, supply you with several thousand names of loving fellow countrymen whom I know something about - fairly extensive biographical knowledge in some cases. And I needn't confine myself to Norwegians, we're living more and more in a global village, and soon the village square will cover the entire galaxy. On another level, there are all the people I'm genuinely fond of, although it isn't just people one gets attached to, but places as well: just think of the all the places I know like the back of my hand, and where I can tell if someone's gone chopped down a bush or moved a stone. Then there are books, especially all those that have taught me so much about the biosphere and outer space, but also literary works, and through them all the imaginary people whose lives I've come to know and who, at times, have meant a great deal to me. And then I couldn't live without music, and I'm very eclectic, everything from folk music and Renaissance music to Schonberg and Penderecki, but I have to admit, and this has a bearing on the very perspective we're trying to gain, I have to admit to having a particular penchant for romantic music, and this, don't forget, can also be found amongst the works of Bach and Gluck, not to mention Albinoni. But romantic music has existed in every age, and even Plato warned against it because he believed that melancholy could actually weaken the state, and it's patently clear when you get to Puccini and Mahler that music has become a direct expression of what I'm trying to get you to comprehend, that life is too short and that the way human beings are fashioned means they must take leave of far too much. If you've heard Mahler's Abschied from Das Lied von the Erde you'll know what I mean. Hopefully you'll have understood that it's the farewell itself I'm referring to, the actual leave- taking, and that this takes place in the self-same organ where everything I'm saying goodbye to is stored.”