"I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, a…"

"I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."

"There are no such things as ghosts."

"I am willing to state that Spiritualism is a fraud of the worst description. I have had a life of sorrow, I have been poor and ill, but I consider it my duty, a sacred thing, a holy mission to expose …"

"I have no secrets, only methods."