"A thousand words leave not the same deep impression as does a single deed."
— Henrik Johan Ibsen

"I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over."
— Henrik Johan Ibsen

"Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought."
— Janet Frame (The Reservoir: Stories and Sketches)

"I don't want to inhabit the human world under false pretenses."
— Janet Frame (Towards Another Summer)