“Great book speak volumes while saying little.”

“Great books can be ruined by bad writers.”

“Editing is never done. If you think you are done, let it set and come back.”

“The heart is a mystical thing. It keeps us alive by pumping blood to every part of our body. It is a strong organ which scientists say has no memory. But the heart is also a thing of great speculation and power; spoken, written, and even put into songs, by many great authors, singers, actors and poets around the world. The heart is supposed to be the center of love, feeling, loneliness and heartbreak.And it was that organ, that great red Valentine's Day sought-after-object that was at present causing me trouble”

“God giveth and taketh with great efficacy.”

“But time," added Shaya, "is not that rigid. In dreams, worlds meet, and time means little.”

“The day before the Queen's Ball, Father had a visitor--a very young girl with literary aspirations, someone Lord Lytton had recommended visit Father and sent over–and while Father was explaining to her the enjoyment he was having in writing this Drood book for serialisation, this upstart of a girl had the temerity to ask, 'But suppose you died before all the book was written?' [...] He spoke very softly in his kindest voice and said to her, 'One can only work on, you know--work while it is day.”