"Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other."

“All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.”

“To hold our tongues when everyone is gossiping, to smile without hostility at people and institutions, to compensate for the shortage of love in the world with more love in small, private matters; to be more faithful in our work, to show greater patience, to forgo the cheap revenge obtainable from mockery and criticism: all these are things we can do.”

“North Korean defectors often find it hard to settle down. It is not easy for somebody who’s escaped a totalitarian country to live in the free world. Defectors have to rediscover who they are in a world that offers endless possibilities. Choosing where to live, what to do, even which clothes to put on in the morning is tough enough for those of us accustomed to making choices; it can be utterly paralyzing for people who’ve had decisions made for them by the state their entire lives.”

“There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.”

“Yet another last night. The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the train, and, now, the last night in Buna. How much longer were our lives to be dragged out from one 'last night' to another?”

“All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.”

“It's a big responsibility to be the main part of a film because if you don't like me, you have a problem for two-and-a-half hours.”

Source : "Carice van Houten Talks to Cole Smithey About Making Paul Verhoeven's 'Black Book'". Interview with Cole Smithey, www.colesmithey.com. April 1, 2007.

“I've never met a very memorable cobbler.”

Source : "Assorted Fictions". Book by Carson Cistulli, 2006.