But an infinity of passions can be contained in a minute, like a crowd in a tiny space.

Iced champagne was served, and the feel of the cold wine in her mouth gave Emma a shiver that ran over her from head to toe.

A thing derided is a thing dead; a laughing man is stronger than a suffering man.

Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.

You must write for yourself, above all. That is your only hope of creating something beautiful.

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.

He dreamed of funeral love, but dreams crumble and the tomb abides