"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?" "A half-read book is a half-finished love affair." "Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future." "Travel far enough, you meet yourself." "Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw." "I believe there is another world waiting...