"He is polite, the perfect gentleman at first. Yet she knows his kindness is an act he performs for himself to justify what he's about to do."

"The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing."

"There is just too much cruelty, selfishness and corruption in the world not to want to crush the poisonous will of those who cause it by writing about it as powerfully as I can."

"People love books because they're searching for answers to deep, unconscious questions - and books get as close as it's possible to get."