And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.

Dream tonight of peacock tails, Diamond fields and spouter whales. Ills are many, blessing few, But dreams tonight will shelter you.

Toil is man's allotment; toil of brain, or toil of hands, or a grief that's more than either, the grief and sin of idleness.

Meditation and water are wedded for ever.

I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.

Aye, aye! and I'll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition's flames before I give him up.

War should be carried on like a monsoon; one changeless determination of every particle towards the one unalterable aim.

Like a forgotten old photograph, this dream will stay pressed, between the pages of a book you don’t feel like reading anymore.

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.

You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It's not always that way in the West.

I am not a born writer, but I was born a writer.

It is quite possible for a work of literature to operate as a war machine upon its epoch.

The Princess Mahiya, and she is mine.

There is just so very much I can't do. I don't drive, for one.

Failing to fetch me at first, keep encouraged. Missing me one place, search another. I stop somewhere waiting for you.