fiction is founded on truth....unless things did happen,people couldn't think of them.

I didn't want to work. It was as simple as that. I distrusted work, disliked it. I thought it was a very bad thing that the human race had unfortunately invented for itself.

Hasting - There are times when it is one's duty to assert oneself.

Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking.

It's very inconvenient to be loved. Nearly everyone has found that out, sooner or later. The fewer people who love you the less you will have to suffer.

Assumptions are dangerous things.

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows.