"Symmetry is ennui, and ennui is the..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“Every diminution of the liberty of the press is followed by a diminution of civilization. Wherever we see the freedom of the press interfered with, there we see the nutrition of the human family interrupted.”

“Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.”

“Another story must begin!”

“Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.”

“The cramped monotony of my existence grinds me away by the grain.”

“If you're watching a parade, don't follow it. It never changes. If the parade is boring, run in the opposite direction. You will fast-forward the parade.”

“And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!”

“We are lost, lost,' said Gollum. 'No name, no business, no Precious, nothing. Only empty. Only hungry; yes, we are hungry. A few little fishes, nasty bony little fishes, for a poor creature, and they say death. So wise they are; so just, so very just”

“The various forms of despair at the various stations on the road.”