Katri

“Oh,” Lewis said, “well if you won’t let us then— Wait…wait a minute.… I’m looking at my shoulder patch and it turns out I’m the commander. Sit tight. We’re coming to get you.” “Smart-ass.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

“Trust but check. Check on those we trust.”
― Tom Rob Smith, Child 44

“You know the greatest lesson of history? It’s that history is whatever the victors say it is. That’s the lesson. Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“Te läänemaade inimesed jääte liiga sageli nääklema selliste asjade kallal nagu näiteks, kas päike on ümmargune või kuum," arutles Amrita. "Ja siis need, kelle meelest päike on ümmargune, kuid mitte kuum, püüavad tappa kõik need inimesed, kes ütlevad, et päike on kuum, aga mitte ümmargune.”
― Risto Isomäki, Sarasvatin hiekkaa