The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the great races are as a tale that is told.

It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.

Souls and memories can do strange things during trance.

Fe es aquello que nos permite creer en cosas que sabemos que no son ciertas.

I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.

Let me advise you, my dear young friend-- nay, let me warn you with all seriousness, that should you leave these rooms you will not by any chance go to sleep in any other part of the castle. It is old, and has many memories, and there are bad dreams for those who sleep unwisely.

These friends - and he laid his hand on some of the books - have been good friends to me, and for some years past, ever since I had the idea of going to London, have given me many, many hours of pleasure. Through them I have come to know your great England; and to know her is to love her. I long to go through the crowded streets of your mighty London, to be in the midst of the whirl and rush of humanity, to share its life, its change, its death, and all that makes it what it is.

The blood is the life!

I have been so long masterthat I would be master still, or at least that none othershould be master of me.