“There is no science without fancy and no art without fact.”

“Words without experience are meaningless.”

“His wings were failing, but he refused to fall without a struggle.”

“Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worship the spine and its tingle.”

“We live not only in a world of thoughts, but also in a world of things. Words without experience are meaningless.”

“You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style.”

“All we have to do when reading Bleak House is to relax and let ourspines take over. Although we read with our minds, the seat ofartistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiverbehind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanityhas attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worshipthe spine and its tingle.”