James Hall

“It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.”
― Heinrich Heine

“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
― Lemony Snicket

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.”
― Dante Alighieri