"A sewer is a cynic. It tells..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“There are plenty who regard a wall behind which something is happening as a very curious thing.”

“Human society, the world, and the whole of mankind is to be found in the alphabet.”

“In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted, and you cannot see clearly. The sky is but the mouth of a cave. The whole day is the cave.... Frightful season! Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.”

“I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want to be labeled a cynic.”

“Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection.”

“A friend is nothing but a known enemy.”

“All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.”

“If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner.”

“The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”