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“It is like everything in layers. Things happen right at the front of the pictures and at the same time they continue happening, both separately and connectedly, behind, and behind that, and again behind that, like you can see, in perspective, for miles. Then there are the separate details, like that man with the duck. They're all also happening on their own terms. The picture makes you look at both--the close-up happenings and the bigger picture. Looking at the man with the duck is like seeing how everyday and how almost comic cruelty is. The cruelty happens in among everything else happening. It is an amazing way to show how ordinary cruelty really is.”

“I assessed the situation in the right way. I do not regret my action. If I were to be thrown in that situation again, I’d still do the same. But… at times, I begin to hate myself, and this world, for being so cruel. I had to hurt my friend to save him and his homeland – our homeland. How hideous can that be, when there is no other way than violence? It is brutal. This world is brutal…”

“Ale to zacházíme příliš daleko, která země nemá ve starých sklepeních staré démony, která země nemá své obchodníky se zbraněmi a se sny o věčnosti, který lid nemá ve svých kostech nějaký ten gen pošramocený dějinami, který lid nemusí čelit chaotickým hnutím života a která církev nebyla zasažena bleskem nečekaného vědeckého osvícení? Lidstvo je jen jedno, nejsou jich desítky, a zlo má v sobě, v morku kostí.”