Never had he found himself so close to those terrible weapons of feminine artillery.
A novel is like a bow, and the violin that produces the sound is the reader's soul.
Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert.
I see but one rule: to be clear.
It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one's generation.
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.