It had already occurred to him that books were stuff, and that life was stupid.
I am feeling easy now, and you will well understand that after undergoing pain this ease is opening paradise. Invalids must be excused for being eloquent about themselves.
Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets.
Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral.
No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted.
Poetry and art and knowledge are sacred and pure.