“My pen shall heal, not hurt.”

“Photography is all about secrets. The secrets we all have and will never tell.”

“The entire time I'm burning in Hell, I'll regret each tear I made you weep. But if Hell were the price for twenty days with you, I'd condemn myself again and again. - Cian MacKeltar ”

“You can talk to your old dad about anything, you know. Except boys. And bras. And that Bieber fellow.”

“No, I do my torturing in the dungeon like any other respectable castle owner,”

“There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.”

“You have to appreciate where you have come from to know who you are in the present and whom you would like to be in the future.”

“The street outside is empty, lit only by a half moon; yet factory engines beat in the background and the working day is about to begin. Maggie steps out of the tenement and suddenly the street begins to fill with women, some running, some pulling their jackets around them, some lighting pipes, some, like Maggie herself, taking a pinch of snuff. From other tenements come other women, and soon all merge into one, like a herd of cattle off to market, clopping over the stone pavements and the cobbles, lowing with last night’s news.”