COLD. Healthier than heat.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.

Remembering the ball became for Emma a daily occupation. Every time Wednesday came round, she told herself when she woke up: 'Ah! One week ago...two weeks ago...three weeks ago, I was there!' And, little by little, in her memory, the faces all blurred together; she forgot the tunes of the quadrilles; no longer could she so clearly picture the liveries and the rooms; some details disappeared, but the yearning remained.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.

Snicker on hearing his name: 'the gentleman who thinks we are descended from the apes.'

Only three things are infinite. The sky in its stars, the sea in its drops of water, and the heart in its tears.

Sentences must stir in a book like leaves in a forest, each distinct from each despite their resemblance.