“Aren't there gradations of evil? Is evil a great perilous gulf into which one falls with the first sin, plummeting to the depth?”
― Interview with the Vampire
― Interview with the Vampire
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”
― City of Glass
― City of Glass
“In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.”
― A Study in Scarlet
― A Study in Scarlet
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