(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours.

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.

When man has come to the Turnstiles of Night, all the creeds in the world seem to him wonderfully alike and colorless.

Well, if I am a man, a man I must become.

There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn; and here come tired youths and maids that feign to love or sin in tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tin.

An angry skipper makes an unhappy crew.