Here's all I know: that the world is uncontrollable. Chaos reigns. That anything and everything might be possible. I won't subscribe to any rational system again. Nothing will bind me.

It was as though, in one moment, he had become a stranger. And I a stranger to myself.

You're like something drawn with the sun's fire, and I can take only little glimpses of you.

But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.

You two were in a cave together?’ said Miss Simpkins in horror. ‘Yes,’ said Kate, ‘and it was very, very dark.

I poo poo the chit.' The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!' I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I do poo-poo.' We'll walk.

You see, when medicine works, it is blessed science, and when it fails, it is witchcraft. - Polidori