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“I slept after the prostration of the day, with a stringent and profound slumber which not even the nightmares that wrung me could avail to break.”
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“It was sometimes said that the grey-and-black mountain range which ran like a spine north to south down that part of Faerie had once been a giant, who grew so huge and so heavy that, one day, worn out from the sheer effort of moving and living, he had stretched out on the plain and fallen into a sleep so profound that centuries passed between heartbeats.”
― Stardust
― Stardust
“And from the whole she deduced this useful lesson, that to go previously engaged to a ball, does not necessarily increase either the dignity or enjoyment of a young lady.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“Sometimes you just need to go through a door.”
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
― Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one's love upon other human individuals.”
― In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950
― In Front of Your Nose: 1945-1950
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