Quills

"I didnt create this world of ours. I merely recorded it."

"Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated."

"I write what I see, the endless procession to the guillotine. Were all lined up, waiting for the crunch of the blade... the rivers of blood are flowing beneath our feet... Ive been to hell, young man, youve only read about it."

"In order to know virtue, we must acquaint ourselves with vice. Only then can we know the true measure of a man."

"My glorious prose filtered through the minds of the insane. Who knows, they might improve it."

"Ah, youve come to read my trousers."

"Some things belong on paper, others in life. Its a blessed fool who cant tell the difference."

"This monstrous God of yours? He strung up his son like a side of veal. I shudder to think what hed do to me."

"Dont come any closer, Abbe, Gods watching."

"Are your convictions so fragile they cannot stand in opposition to mine? Is your god so flimsy, so weak? For shame!"

"Youve already stolen my heart... as well as a more prominent organ, south of the Equator."

"You cant be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?"