"Any entity – no matter how many tentacles it has – has a soul."

“To conquer death you only have to die.”

Source : Alane Ferguson (2008). “Angel of Death: A Forensic Mystery”, p.61, Penguin

“Its subtlest, most appealing accomplishment may be in how other characters respond to Gregorius' precipitous swerve onto the spiritual path. (...) That said, Night Train to Lisbon is a very long, ambitious book that's feverishly overwritten. (...) Think of W.G. Sebald recast for the mass market: stripped of nuance, cooked at high temperature and pounded home, clause after clause. Some of the clumsiness derives from Barbara Harshav's inelegant translation -- we're often aware of her struggle -- but she can't be blamed for the pervasive bloat.”

“Men who have lived significant lives are men who never waited: not for money, security, ease, or women.”

“Everything is always going through changes in terms of attitudes or mood.”

“There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.”

“Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.”

Source : Joseph Butler, Stephen L. Darwall (1983). “Five Sermons, Preached at the Rolls Chapel and A Dissertation Upon the Nature of Virtue”, p.47, Hackett Publishing

“Every girl likes feeling hot and sexy and beautiful and likes hearing it.”

“No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, no member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing to me. Its why I don't eat red meat or white fish, don't give me no blue cheese. Were all members of the animal kingdom, leave your brothers and sisters in the sea.”