Columbus

“Criticism - however valid or intellectually engaging - tends to get in the way of a writer who has anything personal to say. A tightrope walker may require practice, but if he starts a theory of equilibrium he will lose grace (and probably fall off).”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

“It's like being a little kid again, parading around in a nightgown tucked into your underpants, believing it looks terrific.”
― Tina Fey, Bossypants

“Make my happiness--I will make yours.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo