“A rose trapped inside a fist.”

“The snake that can't peel off its skin can't grow. The soul is trapped inside the body; just like a tree inside a seed.”

“The black fist is a meaningless symbol. When you open it, you have nothing but fingers — weak, empty fingers. The only time the black fist has significance is when there's money inside. There's where the power lies.”

“To be so lovely and so lost. To be all answerful with all that knowing trapped inside. To be beautiful and broken.”

“Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.”

“There was a horrible, erratic thumping in my chest, as if a large bird was trapped inside my ribcage and beating itself to death.”

“Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself.”

“You're safe because you're so trapped inside your culture. Anything you can conceive of is fine because you can conceive of it.”

“This little girl inside me
Is retreating to her favourite place.
Go into the garden.
Go under the ivy,
Under the leaves,
Away from the party.
Go right to the rose.
Go right to the white rose
(For me.)”

“Trapped like a trap in a trap”