The moderns do not realize modernity.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

Contemporary society has become dry, not for lack of wonders but for lack of wonder.

It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature.

Every true artist feels that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil.

Like every book I never wrote, it is by far the best book I have ever written.

The objection to fairy stories is that they tell children there are dragons. But children have always known there are dragons. Fairy stories tell children that dragons can be killed.