“In my world, everyone’s a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies!”

“Your success and happiness lie in you.”

“Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.”

“The heart will break, but broken live on.”

“One certainly has a soul; but how it came to allow itself to be enclosed in a body is more than I can imagine. I only know if once mine gets out, I’ll have a bit of a tussle before I let it get in again to that of any other.”

“Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon’s verge.”

“’Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.”

“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”

“If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.”

“In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue – is hypocrisy.”

“There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time.”

“There is much to be said for trying to improve some disadvantaged people’s lot. There is nothing to be said for trying to create heaven on earth.”

“Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.”

“Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.”

“Every action has its pleasures and its price.”

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

If you want to work on your art, work on your life.

“The best brains of a nation may be found at the last benches of the classroom.”

“The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.”

“Everybody has their story to tell.”

“Authority allows two roles: the torturer and the tortured. Twists people into joyless mannequins that fear and hate, while culture plunges into the abyss.”

“Nothing ends, Adrian. Nothing ever ends.”

“I didn't put you in a prison, Evey. I just showed you the bars.”

“We have laboured long to build a heaven, only to find it populated with horrors.”