"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."

"You will suffer, son of Hades!’ What else is new? Nico thought."

"My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I'm a long way from the human being I'd liked to be, but I've decided I'm not so bad after all."

"On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear."

"We do not suffer by accident."

"The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much, because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering."