Ray Honchul

“Literature is dead, my boy' the uncle replied. 'Look at these empty rooms, and these books buried in their dust; no one reads anymore; I am the guardian of a cemetery here, and exhumation is forbidden.' . . . 'My boy, never speak of literature, never speak of art! Accept the situation as it is! You are Monsieur Boutardins ward before being your Uncle Huguenin's nephew!”
― Jules Verne, Paris in the Twentieth Century: The Lost Novel

“Some days are better than others, for human optimism has no limits.”
― Max Nowaz, The Arbitrator

“You are looking charming yourself. I’m quite surprised, actually.”
― Marie Montine, Mourning Grey: Part One: The Guardians Of The Temple Saga

“But to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.”
― Alan Paton, Too Late the Phalarope