“I would like to believe this is a story I’m telling. I need to believe it. I must believe it. Those who can believe that such stories are only stories have a better chance” chapter 7

“Some had ceased to exist: he had never existed

“I repeat my former name, remind myself of what I could once do, how others saw me. I want to steal something” Chapter 17

“Stricken immediately by an overwhelming desire to possess it” (the notebook from Mr Charrington’s shop) Chapter 1

“But a chair, sunlight, flowers: these are not to be dismissed. I am alive, I live, I breathe,” chapter 1

“Now that he recognised himself as a dead man it was important to stay alive as long as possible.”

“Ignoring is not the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.” Chapter 10

“Orthodoxy means not thinking- not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconciousness”

I'll say anything they like, I'll incriminate anyone. It's true, the first scream, whimper even, and I'll turn to jelly, I'll confess to any crime

“In the face of pain there are no heros”