Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.

And I like a mouse who has taken a cat for its tutor.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

‎And when this intoxication has worn away... when every desire is fulfilled and every language learned- when there are no more distant cities to explore; no classics to be studied; not another coin to be stuffed in to one's coffers- what then? One can have all the comforts of the world, but what use are they if there is no comfort in them?

I dare say she means to keep you from his attentions. Your honour demands she be slain.

I've been a lifelong horror fan, but at the same time, I would say 90 percent of my reading is biographies and nonfiction history.

However, it has long been said that "my enemy's enemy is my friend.