Marking a book is literally an experience of your differences or agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

In the tale proper--where there is no space for development of character or for great profusion and variety of incident--mere construction is, of course, far more imperatively demanded than in the novel.

Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably superficial. The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.