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

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.

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.

Fear is stronger than arms.

Consistent effort is a consistent challenge.

There is nothing quite so terrifying as a mad sheep.

Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinion: that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of that glory into which man is not to press too boldly.

I guess it's a sequel to our story From the journey 'tween heaven and hell With half the time thinking of what might have been and half thinkin' just as well. I guess only time will tell.

Sometimes, the thing that ties you down sets you free.

When I saw you, when I saw you I could not breathe, I fell so deep. When I saw you, when I saw you I'd never be, I'd never be the same.

... wealth and female softness equally tend to debase mankind!