겉과 속 분리

 But he was acquiring the knack of steering his new form. He was a quick learner. (4)

 I’m thinking... There was a particular greyness to Berlin. A smooth and pleasant grey... It was the cool and spacious grey necessary to sustained thought. (88)

굥정

 The net sum of universal wellbeing will not be reduced. Justice remains a constant. (99)

 But I’m here for a proud cause and I’ll put up with anything. (11)

 As our Latin name, blattodea, suggests, we are creatures that shun the light. We understand and love the dark.... War and global warming certainty and, in peacetime, immoveable hierarchies, concentrations of wealth, deep superstition, rumor, division, distaste of science, of intellect, of strangers. (98)

돋보이고 싶어서

 Myself and all the ministers are one body and we speak with one mind. We are formidable in our unity. The Bill will therefore pass. Nothing will stand in our way... Until that time, we proclaim Reversalism in One Country. (46-47)

 Reversalism will bless our future--clean, green, prosperous, united, confident and ambitious. (47)

 Delivering Reversal was his only purpose... Reversalism consumed him and he no longer knew why or how. (64)

 ‘Apologise? Let me explain the fundamentals... So, in answer to your question, no, emphatically no, neither I nor any members of my government have anything to apologise for.’ (93-94)

 I am indeed. But, but and but. This isn’t good for us. You know that. Until it’s cleared up, I need you out the way. (79)

절대 권력은 절대 부패

 Framed and confined within these pages, the story generated its own truth. (78)

 There was nothing more liberating than a closely knit sequence of lies. So this was why people became writers. (71)

 (H)e was in command, he was a force, here and in the land, and beyond. Hard to believe. Thrilling. Amazing. Nothing could stand in his way. (42)

포퓰리즘 - 타블로이드

 It was a complex business but, in theory at least, it was solvable. Reversalism was beyond all that. (82)

 It was not unreasonable for the British press to describe Jim’s speech as a triumph. (85)

 Because, Madame Chancellor, we intend to become clean, green, prosperous, united, confident and ambitious! (87)

 President Tupper said that the British prime minister was great, and Reversalism was good. (91)

 Reversalism was delivered! No more dithering and delay! Britain stood alone. (96)

빅퀘스천

 Why, to what end, are you tearing your nation apart? Why are you inflicting these demands on your best friends and pretending we’re your enemies? Why? (86)

     [법꾸라지의 답변] Because. Because that’s what we’re doing. Because that’s what we believe in. Because that’s what we said we’d do. Because that’s what people said they wanted. Because I’ve come to the rescue. Because. That, ultimately, was the only answer, because. (86-87)