“I write not because I want to but because I am destined to.”

“Finding one's voice in the world starts with a single breath.”

“The love of money can do wicked things to one's soul.”

“The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.”

“My love for you forged a bond to this land long before I even knew it. You play no part in my oaths to these people...because I made mine to you long ago, in my heart.”

“When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.”

“I am the Colombus of this nether world!Dr. Leidenbrock”