James

“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
― George Orwell, Why I Write

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
― Socrates

“It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.”
― Philip K. Dick, VALIS