"[Adolf Hitler] was an emotional man, he had tremendous highs and he could get low as well, I've seen it."

“I'm an enormous fan of Thomas Bernhard's books, and I like the relentless feeling in his work - the pursuit of darkness, the negative - and I think in some sense I've internalised that as what one is supposed to do.”

Source : "Ben Marcus: 'Writing has to earn people's interest'". Interview with Killian Fox, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2012.

“There's no way the new chimney will fall down, Lu. Not with you in charge. It wouldn't dare.”

Source : Angie Sage (2014). “Fyre: Septimus Heap”, p.229, A&C Black

“Affliction hardens those whom it does not soften.”

“I think the little bush is a bit stupid and more or less the puppet of his old man.”

“Even when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.”

“Even Charles Darwin, that human decoder ring of bizarre behavior, found the idea of saving a stranger's life to be a total head-scratcher.”

“Thoughts fly and words go on foot. Therein lies all the drama of a writer.”

“My Vocation is my Vacation. I love what I do.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nick Cannon from Apr 20, 2014