“How when one is able to indulge the luxury of beginning one's life again.All one thinksTo doIs end it”

“Writing: Turning one's worst moments into profit.”

“Some day you’ll show up when I’m back where I belong in this world. When I have what I ought to have. My due. And when you do. My gamekeepers will drive you out and away for good. Out. Away. Out.”

“You know, there must be happiness somewhere, when a lawyer dies.”

“Not using that handy maxim a man is what he makes his dough at and alas how much. Sometimes it is a gentle gesture to remind people of their big time possibilities. Makes them like you.”

“When I'm dead, I hope it may be said: his sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”

“Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to impress your neighbors and colleagues, and to help prevent divorces thanks to the sheer bother of arguing over who owns what.”