"A shadow is hard to seize by the throat and dash to the ground."
- Victor Hugo
"Weariness, which seeketh to get to the ultimate with one leap, with a death-leap; a poor ignorant weariness, unwilling even to will any longer: that created all Gods and backworlds."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
"... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happi..."
- Gaston Leroux
"Ah, well...hell is full of burning boats, did you know that, Nadir? I daresay that's what makes it so bloody hot."
- Susan Kay