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“Of him to whom less is given, less will be required, but our utmost exertions are required of us all.”
― The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
― The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“إن العيش من دون إدراك معنى العالم هو أشبه بالتجول فى مكتبة عظيمة من دون لمس الكتب.”
― The Lost Symbol
― The Lost Symbol

“The Ganeva conference on Indochina agreements stated that the south of Vietnam would be handed over to a provisional administration after two years at the most and that general elections would be held in 1956 at the latest, giving Vietnam a single and united government. (due to American actions, the agreements were never put into place)”
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
― A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

“Why can't reason give greater answers? Why can we throw a question further than we can pull in an answer? Why such a vast net if there's so little fish to catch?”
― Life of Pi
― Life of Pi

“Temples are for the gods,” Thucydides said. “No city has the hubris to put her own citizens on a temple.” Phidias promised, “The Athenians will look like gods.”
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
― Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
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