"I have noticed that the Christianity of a certain class of respectable people begins when they open their prayer-book…"

"People who read stories are said to have excitable brains."

"Men ruin themselves headlong for unworthy women."

"A very remarkable work... in the present state of light literature in England, a novel that actually tells a story. I…"

"Ask yourself if there is any explanation of the mystery of your own life and death."

"I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of a work of fiction should be to tell a story; …"

"The actions of human beings are not invariably governed by the laws of pure reason"

"I confess I have often fancied myself transformed into some other person, and have felt a certian pleasure in seeing …"

"We had our breakfasts--whatever happens in a house, robbery or murder, it doesn't matter, you must have your breakfast."

"Rosanna Spearman had been a thief, and not being of the sort that get up Companies in the City, and rob from thousand…"