Ashleigh

“He had a certain air of being a handsome man--which he was not; and a certain air of being a well-bred man--which he was not. It was mere swagger and challenge; but in this particular, as in many others, blustering assertion goes for proof, half over the world.”
― Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit: Volume 1

“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist