I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me
It is always with the best intentions that the worst work is done.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
It is always the unreadable that occurs.
Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.
Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.