“…growing a little tiresome on account of some mysterious internal discomfort that the local practitioner diagnosed as imagination”

“Night, the mother of fear and mystery, was coming upon me.”

“There's truths you have to grow into.”

“A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.”

“Alone-- it is wonderful how little a man can do alone! To rob a little, to hurt a little, and there is the end.”

“Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being”

“We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence. ”