"If God in his greatness ever sent an angel on Earth in human form, it was my mother."

"My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business."

"I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, a…"

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

"I can only imagine what the soul of a man can do to a man himself."