

“I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both.”
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

“People have often accused me of inconsistency but i feel that i have always, at any given junction, done the same thing. Exactly what i pleased.”
― Red Country
― Red Country
“Choosers will be beggars if the begging's not their choosing," said the Dog
"What does that mean?"
"I have no idea," said the Dog”
― Lirael
"What does that mean?"
"I have no idea," said the Dog”
― Lirael

“And if that only inflames your curiosity, I say to you, a writer without curiosity is a bird without feathers.”
― Scourge of the Betrayer
― Scourge of the Betrayer

“Nothing is more painful to the human mind than, after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty which follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear.”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
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