“Splendid . . . a novel for anyone who has a sharp eye and ear for life.”
“The man who has no sense of history, is like a man who has no ears or eyes”
“I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.”
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is a man's original virtue.”
“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard...”
“Anyone who is going to be a writer knows enough at fifteen to write several novels.”