“Hell is full of musical amateurs.”

“To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.”

“Most people go to their grave with their music inside them.”

“Hell, they says, is paved with good intentions.”

“A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.”

“Literature is too full of 'acknowledgments' and squabbles about originality...”

“Captain Shotover: How much does your soul eat?Ellie: Oh, a lot. It eats music and pictures and books and mountains and lakes and beautiful things to wear and nice people to be with.”