The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.

What are we all chasing? Nella wonders. To live, of course. To be unbound from the invisible ropes that Johannes spoke of in his study. Or to be happy in them, at least.

You are a stone, thrown upon a lake. But the ripples you create will never make you still.

This city is like no other city in the world. It is brilliant but it is bloated, and I've never called it home

The turnip cannot thrive in the tulips patch of soil.

Because, Petronella - it's something in his soul. It's something in his soul and you can't get it out.

All we can do if we're lucky is stich up the mistakes other people make.

Love your children, for they are the seeds that will make this city bloom.

Words are water in this city. One drop of rumour could drown us.

Take care, take care. This city thrives! It's money gives you wings to soar. But it is a yoke on your shoulders and you would do well to take note of the bruise around your neck.

Believe it or don't believe it, Madame. But my feet are tired too. Bloody tired. Like a dead man's.

When you favour a woman, she will want to return the favour in so many means, but its better to rupidiate such offerings.

Everyone has a calling. Thus, everyone has the chance to do something remarkable that will make hime great in the eyes of others.

America - the best poor man's country in the world.

Poetry is the alchemy which teaches us to convert ordinary materials into gold.

We were lavish of blood in those days, and it was thought to be a grand thing to charge a battery or an earth-work lined with infantry.

Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.

A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

If you have no enemies, you have no character.

The words you say to yourself create your self image.

Disfranchisement means inability to make, shape, or control one's own circumstances... . That is exactly the position of women in the world of work today; they cannot choose.