I never read a book I must review; it prejudices you so.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Selfishness is not living your life as you wish to live it. Selfishness is wanting others to live their lives as you wish them to.

My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken: that is why God sends sorrow into the world.