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

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

Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet?

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

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

The most terrifying thing is sometimes not what we see, but rather what we are forced to imagine.

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