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Academia's a real bitch.

“The truth is, we don't know how to deal with dreams; what they tell is uncertain, and they do not all come true. For there are two different gates which let out the shadowy dreams: one is made of horn, one of polished elephant's tooth. The elephant's tooth is full of untruth, so that any dreams which there come through never come true. But carven horn is ne'er forsworn.” — Penelopeia

“Athena sped to Olympos, where as they say is the gods' abiding-place, unshaken for ever. There are no beating winds or drenching rain; no snow falls there, but the clear sky spreads cloudless, over it a white radiance floats; there the blessed gods are happy all their days.”

“Well now, let me dine, in spite of my troubles; for there is nothing in the world more shameless than this cursed belly! forces a man to remember it, in spite of the dire distress and sorrow of heart such as the sorrow which is in my heart; yet the belly commands me to eat and drink, and makes me forget all that I have suffered, and bids me fill it up.” — Odysseus

“Devil got them sure, Massa Malone. You got into the devil's country, sah, and he take you all to himself. You take advice, Massa Malone, and come down quick, else he get you as well.” — Zambo

“Things look a bit different from the latitude of London, young fellah-my-lad. There's many a man who never tells his adventures, for he can't hope to be believed. Who's to blame them? For this will seem a bit of a dream to ourselves in a month or two.” — Lord John Roxton

“Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them! They seemed to be able to give a plastic form to formless things, and to have a music of their own as sweet as that of viol or of lute. Mere words! Was there anything so real as words?” — Oscar Wilde

“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvellous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it. When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going. If I did, I would lose all my pleasure. It is a silly habit, I daresay, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one's life.” — Basil Hallward

“Despite the unsightly scar on my arm, there was a part of me that thought in delight: I've been bitten by a dragon!” — Isabella Camherst

“Have you ever stood at a precipice and felt a sudden fear, not that you will fall, but that you will fling yourself over? That the instincts which preserve our lives will fail you for that one vital moment, and in the gap, you will, for no good reason, step forward and seek your own end? I have, on more than one occasion.” — Isabella Camherst

“For now, it will suffice to say that there is a view common across Eriga which attributes most or all trouble to the malevolent action of witches. These are not necessarily the figures of intentional and blasphemous evil my Anthiopean readers associate with the word; witchcraft can, as I understand it, be accidental, the result of ill will or unresolved conflict in someone's heart.” — Isabella Camherst

“I have been known to bypass the niceties of small talk, and ordinarily I am grateful for it in others. In this instance, however, it had the effect of an arrow shot from cover, straight into my brain. ‘What?’ I said, quite stupidly–not because I failed to understand her, but because I had no idea how she had come to hear of it.” — Isabella Camherst

“But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be—a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others, and intolerable to myself.” — Victor Frankenstein

“But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be—a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others, and intolerable to myself.” — Victor Frankenstein

“Sometimes I allowed my thoughts, unchecked by reason, to ramble in the fields of Paradise, and dared to fancy amiable and lovely creatures sympathising with my feelings and cheering my gloom; their angelic countenances breathed smiles of consolation. But it was all a dream; no Eve soothed my sorrows nor shared my thoughts; I was alone.” — The Creature

“All the stories of ghosts and goblins that he had heard in the afternoon now came crowding upon his recollection. The night grew darker and darker; the stars seemed to sink deeper in the sky, and driving clouds occasionally hid them from his sight. He had never felt so lonely and dismal.”

“Justine shook her head mournfully. ‘I do not fear to die,’ she said; ‘that pang is past. God raises my weakness and gives me courage to endure the worst. I leave a sad and bitter world; and if you remember me and think of me as of one unjustly condemned, I am resigned to the fate awaiting me. Learn from me, dear lady, to submit in patience to the will of heaven!”

“Life without dragons was grey and empty.” - Isabella Camherst

Phew.

I know, I know. I shouldn't have waited for almost a year to complete the second volume, Cosette, which was just as succulent as the first. But I figured I should be done with the farcical challenge and then return to the welcoming arms of Victor Hugo.

“A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings. She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she'll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes.” — Cassel Raeburn

“I sit down at the table in the dark. Now that I'm here, I feel a calm settle over me that I can't explain. I just want to be here, sitting at this table, forever. I don't want to move.” — Cassel Sharpe