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.

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

In other hand of the enemy will arise the fortune hero.

Survival justifies any means.

Utopias are often just premature truths.

Americans are finally realizing that once you lose land, you can't get it back.

Between the worlds of men and make believe I can be found.

For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race.

Have I been wrong? Have I been wise to shut my eyes?

This life is full of great experiences if we only give it a shot.

You're going to have haters and you're going to have lovers

I don't follow any kind of 'isms.' If there is one, it will be Pram-ism.