"When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." - Jonathan Swift
"The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman." - Jonathan Swift
"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face." - William M Thackeray
"Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age." - James Joyce
"A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it or offer your own version in return." - Salman Rushdie
"In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss." - Salman Rushdie
"The world is what it is, men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it." - Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul
"Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Roy
