“ Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background.”

“People of small caliber are always carping. They are bent on showing their own superiority, their knowledge or prowess or good breeding.”

“The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.”

“Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.”

“Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.”

“Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background.”

“When man will return to nature, nature will return to him.”

“The sky is an enormous man.”

“When the full-grown poet came,Out spake pleased Nature (the round impassive globe, with all its shows of day and night,) saying, He is mine;But out spake too the Soul of man, proud, jealous and unr...”

“The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”

“Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.”

“Everyone lives in two worlds, Maggie said, speaking in an absentminded sort of way while she studied her letters. Theres the real world, with all its annoying facts and rules. In the real world, th...”

“Our souls are always looking for love, and hearts wait to treasure it.”

“His gut was stitched up good and tight, but that didnt prevent it from flopping. He wiped his damp palms on the legs of his jeans and stood up shakily, leaning heavily on his cane.He called himself...”

“Never fall in love?""Always," said the count. "I am always in love.”