The more educated we are, the less we understand the common people, and to understand is the first step towards loving.Reardon
I can’t sell my brains and keep them. My novel must be written for myself.Edwin Reardon
You should never be contented with half knowledge.Maud
There are two kinds of success, and the second is by far the more valuable: firstly, having the world say you are successful; secondly, having the world agree that you ought to be successful.Anonymous
Words are strong and passionate and of a vague ideal; deeds are practical, and of the earth, earthy.Reardon
In science there is and will remain a Platonic element which necessarily will be especially prominent in the theoretical sciences, and, more than anywhere else, in physics.Edwin Reardon
The best moments in reading are when you come across something – a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things – that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.Maud
It is accursed money! Whether it stays or not, it will curse us! I see, I see! The gold of crimes will be transformed into a blade that will stab us.Edwin Reardon
It’s asking much of a wealthy man to be always honest and straight-forward.Reardon
The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.Anonymous
A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one; it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.Edwin Reardon
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.Reardon
What we love once, we love forever. Shall there be joy in heaven over those who repent, yet no forgiveness for them upon earth?Maud
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.Edwin Reardon
That's one of the great things about literature. It helps us realize that we are not alone.Maud
This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.Reardon
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.Edwin Reardon