“Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.”

“A novel is a work of poetry. In order to write it, one must have tranquility of spirit and of impression.”

“Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.”

“Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.”

“The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.”

“Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.”

“What d'you suppose I care if I'm a gentleman or not? If I were a gentleman I shouldn't waste my time with a vulgar slut like you.”

“Can a magician kill a man by magic? Lord Wellington asked Strange.Strange frowned. He seemed to dislike the question. I suppose a magician might, he admitted, but a gentleman never could.”

“A gentleman willNever allow a ladyTo feel less than grand.”

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”

“You think because he doesn't love you that you are worthless. You think that because he doesn't want you anymore that he is right -- that his judgement and opinion of you are correct. If he throws ...”

“The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.”

“Do you want this to be a love story?”

“It's all talk til it's all real walk.”

“Some things are only real because they represent what we think. When we learn the truth and think it, the old reality is no longer real to us and loses its hold on us. The truth sets us free.”