“A book ought to be the ax to break the frozen sea within us”

“You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never kiss the girls”

“It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men”

“There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice”

“Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something”

“The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span”