We must not always try to plumb the depths of the human heart; the truths it contains are among those that are best seen in half-light or in perspective.
François-René de ChateaubriandAn original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.
François-René de ChateaubriandPerfect works are rare, because they must be produced at the happy moment when taste and genius unite; and this rare conjuncture, like that of certain planets, appears to occur only after the revolution of several cycles, and only lasts for an instant.
François-René de Chateaubriand