“It was necessary to be afraid in order to have courage.”

“Luke diagnosed himself to be in love, and sought no cure for the disease.”

“Besides(..), it's a poor woman whose ambition is only to be loved.”

“The fear of the crowd then came to Will, with the taste of a copper penny placed on his tongue; and it was not the fear that they were under divine judgement, but that they were not, and could neve...”

“Not even knowledge takes all the strangeness from the world”

“Must we make battlegrounds out of our children?”

“He wanted to heat up the truth, to make it burn so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt.”

“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Sh...”

“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”