“I knew nothing but shadows and I thought them to be real.”

“I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.”

“Out of the unreal shadows of the night comes back the real life that we had known”

“It was you I thought of all the time, I gave to them the love you did not need: lavished on them a love that was not theirs.”

“You have not realized how I have developed. I was a schoolboy when you knew me. I am a man now. I have new passions new thoughts new ideas. I am different but you must not like me less. I am changed but you must always be my friend.”

“Out of the unreal shadows of night comes back the real life that we had known. We have to resume it where we had left off... p 207”

“She knew nothing but she had everything he had lost.”