If Wells recognized any merit in [Henry] James, it was his undeniable talent for using very long sentences in order to say nothing at all. p. 516

The paths that we choose don't always take us where we want to go. Sometimes they take us where we need to go.

We are the authors of our own fate-we write it each day with every one of our actions.

...the wrath of God pales beside that of man.

Striving to achieve a dream is never a waste of time.

True literature should rouse the reader, unsettle him, change his view of the world, give him a resolute push over the cliff of self-knowledge

Writers perform an extremely important role: they make others dream, those who are unable to dream for themselves. And everyone needs to dream. Could there be any more important job in life than that?