Oh to have you with me, to have you here, not to be alone, but to be with you, my beauty, you of all souls! You.

The only power that exists is inside ourselves.

I no longer represent any organized religion. I'm not Catholic. I'm not Christian. I'm saying this because I have to be an outsider for Christ.

The library furnished our dreams, helped us shape our ambitions, made up people of books and ideas and grand designs.

-You are on the verge of being truly mad. -No, not at all. Look at me. I can tie my shoelaces. See?

Dickens is a very underrated writer at the moment. Everyone in his time admired him but I think right now he's not spoken of enough.

One will hate you for taking his life, another will run to excesses that you scorn. A third will emerge mad and raving, another a monster you cannot control. One will be jealous of your superiority, another shut you out... And the veil will always come down between you Make a legion, you will be, always and forever alone!