If it takes a million years for a fish to become a reptile, has Man, in our few hundred, altered out of recognition?

I will tell you something else, King, which may be a surprise for you. It will not happen for hundreds of years, but both of us are to come back.

People commit suicide through weakness, not through strength.

There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. These gave out a smell of must and solid brownness which was most secure.

a king can only work with his best tools.

Might does not make right! Right makes right!

Jenny, all my life I have wanted to do miracles. I have wanted to be holy. I suppose it was ambition or pride or some other unworthy thing. It was not enough for me to conquer the world--I wanted to conquer heaven too.