"The animal has secrets which, unlike the secrets of caves, mountains, seas are specifically addressed to man."

“B2uties are the most precious thing to me in this world.”

“I'm cursed with empathy. I'm also by nature way too opinionated.”

“I made no more protests. What was the use of struggling against fate”

Source : Robert Graves, Richard Francis (2000). “I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god”, Carcanet Press Ltd.

“I'm Mr Boring, not a party-goer at all.”

“More than one philosopher has claimed that we ever remain children, far beneath the indurated layers that make up the armour of adulthood. Armour encumbers, restricts the body and soul within it. But it also protects. Blows are blunted. Feelings lose their edge, leaving us to suffer naught but a plague of bruises, and, after a time, bruises fade.”

Source : Steven Erikson (2009). “Memories of Ice: (Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 3)”, p.160, Random House

“To me it's a question of being able to look backward and give the present a root... To give meaning to where we are today, we need to look at where we have come from.”

“The most confident of women are those who believe in every scrap of fabric they wear. They are the ones who are as happy wih their drawers as they are with their gowns. You can tell the difference between a woman who wraps herself in beautiful silks and satins and she who wears...otherwise.”

“I've had to learn how to say 'no' to offers.”