Actually, the Burmese don’t refer to her by name. They just call her “The Lady.” It’s like Voldemort in Harry Potter, “He Who Must Not Be Named.

Ouch, my butthole hurts, but I really need to have a look at that firestation.

In fact, they live in a state of constant paradox where truth is anything but constant.

It’ll always be easier to fight others if you reduce them to a single word or look at them just one way.

In Bangladesh, there's a saying that if you get killed by a snake, its destiny... But if you get killed by a tiger, its just bad luck.

en todas las habitaciones, de todos los edificios, de toda Corea del Norte, hay colgadas en una pared las fotos de papá Kim y de su retoño. Excepto en los váteres... Of course.

Because with time blocking out the bad, memory is always bound to be a bit naive and stupidly optimistic.

In fact, they live in a state of constant paradox where truth is anything but constant

At a certain level of oppression, truth hardly matters, because the greater the lie, the greater the show of power.