The paths that we choose don't always take us where we want to go. Sometimes they take us where we need to go.

If Wells recognized any merit in [Henry] James, it was his undeniable talent for using very long sentences in order to say nothing at all. p. 516

...there are so many books left to read. For that reason alone it is worth going on living. Books make me happy, the help me escape from reality.

The most terrifying thing is sometimes not what we see, but rather what we are forced to imagine.

Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet?

...the wrath of God pales beside that of man.

Time is a river sweeping away all that is born towards the darkest shore.

True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff of self-knowledge

Striving to achieve a dream is never a waste of time.

We are the authors of our own fate-we write it each day with every one of our actions.

I don't think traveling back in time on an empty stomach is a good idea.

Truth evolves incessantly. If it does not, it's no truth at all.

...the heart has no tears to give, --it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.

I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable.

Nothing so good as a university education, nor worse than a university without its education.

We can preach the Gospel of Christ no further than we have experienced the power of it in our own hearts

In a world where we are so pragmatic and materialistic, fear is the only emotion that allows even a sophisticated person to believe in something beyond.

Modern reformers offer nebulous theories or write philanthropic novels. But your thief acts! He is as clear as a fact and as logical as a punch on the nose! And what a style he has!

We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace.

From the Distance You only See My Light; Come closer and You will Know that I Am You.

My breakfast is very important.