“An inventor is a man who asks 'Why?' of the universe and lets nothing stand between the answer and his mind.”
“Daisy said boldly. “Nothingventured, nothing gained.”“Yes, but it is a wise man who understands his limits.”“Who said that?” Daisy asked.“I did,” Honoria answered impatiently”
“When I think of life as struggle with the Daimon who would ever set us to the hardest work among those not impossible, I understand why there is a deep enmity between a man and his destiny, and why a man loves nothing but his destiny.”
“Why-why-why!... Ask it of everything your mind touches, and let you mind touch everything!”
“The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.”
“You're the inventor," Klaus answered, buttoning his coat. "But you can't invent things like time,”