John Ajvide Lindqvist: "Dia mengangkat tangannya di kelas, pernyataan...

"Dia mengangkat tangannya di kelas, pernyataan keberadaan, pernyataan bahwa dia tahu sesuatu. Dan itu terlarang baginya. Mereka dapat memberikan sejumlah alasan mengapa mereka harus menyiksanya; dia terlalu gemuk, terlalu jelek, terlalu menjijikkan. Tetapi masalah sebenarnya hanyalah bahwa ia ada, dan setiap pengingat keberadaannya adalah kejahatan."

--- John Ajvide Lindqvist

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They could give a number of reasons for why they had to torment him; he was too fat, too ugly, too disgusting. But the real problem was simply that he existed, and every reminder of his existence was a crime.