"I am a criminal, give up on me" (Volume 1, Part 1, Section 2, pg. 29.)

"What do you think Paris is, some paradise where you grow angel's wings? Where your skin turns to milk?" (Volume 1, Part 1, Section 2, pg. 32.)

"What had removed this man from the commonplace and given him of spinning straw into gold?" (Volume 1, Part 1, Section 4, pg. 64.)

"...I don't know that anyone would have taught me if I hadn't shown the will to learn. It was more than will, to tell the truth, it was a passion, a passion..." (Volume 1, Part 2, Section 3, pg. 79.)

"...But if ever there was something that is obviously supposed to remain spiritual it's the content of a book..." (Volume 1, Part 2, Section 6, pg. 112.)

"I've consulted them already but they are not workmen, they are slaves" (Volume 1, Part 4, Section 1, pg. 173.)

"God triumphs on the ruins of our plans" (Volume 1, Part 4, Section 1, pg. 175.)

"They think I have no mind...