God save us always," I said, "from the innocent and the good. — Graham Greene

"[Priest at Hales cremation] "...our brother is at this moment reabsorbed in the universal spirit."

"What right had I to value her less than the bodies in the square? Suffering is not increased by numbers; one body can contain all the suffering the world can feel. I had judged like a journalist, in terms of quantity, and I had betrayed my own principles; I had become as engage as Pyle, and it seemed to me that no decision would ever be simple again."

"Life was a series of complicated tactical exercises ..."

"He’ll always be innocent, you can’t blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity."

"Sooner or later...one has to take sides – if one is to remain human."

"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadnt thought about. At that moment hes alive and you leave it to him."