“I think the best grace of wit will shortly turn into silence, and discourse grow commendable in none only but parrots.”

“It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language”

“There is not one but many silences, and they are an integral part of the strategies that underlie and permeate discourses.”

“To glorify democracy and to silence the people is a farce; to discourse on humanism and to negate people is a lie.”

“His grace to overlook my silliness in thinking that I knew what to do and bless me with what He knew was best anyway. He promised that His grace was sufficient, that His grace would be enough...”

“Don’t even think about saying he only did it because he’s looking out for my best interest.” “I wasn’t,” William replied. “I was going to agree with you. It was none of his bloody business.”