I'm cursed with this puritanical streak that makes me want everything to be about something. It's a terrible affliction.

You've no fear of heights," puffed the girl. "None," I said. "I've heard that about you.

I believe there is something on this earth that you desire more than anything, and it isn't me.

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

I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it." "It's very zingy," I agreed.

You can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious.

If anyone comes near you, just scream and run.