“Winter on this island is long. Very long. We don’t complain. Spring eventually comes. When you look back it only seems to last a few days. Even on the most beautiful day it sometimes snows.”

“We have a saying here, perhaps you’ve heard it - ‘Official decisions are as shy as young girls.’”

“Before the law stands a doorkeeper. Someone who has travelled a very long way arrives.”

“Klamm appointed me, I act in his name, that is what I do, even if it never reaches him, has his assent in advance. His assent is his spirit, and I breathe his spirit into everything I do. I am Klamm’s instrument.”