This, in fact, is the power of the imagination, which, combining the memory of gold with that of the mountain, can compose the idea of a golden mountain.

One of the problems I have always discussed is the refusal to distinguish between comment and fact. The newspaper wraps every fact into a comment. It is impossible to give mere fact without establishing point of view.

The light in her eyes was beyond description, yet it did not instill improper thoughts: it inspired a love tempered by awe, purifying the hearts it inflamed.

I have lost the freedom of not having an opinion.

I am a professor who writes novels on Sundays

Is it possible to say "It was a beautiful morning at the end of November" without feeling like Snoopy?

Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another's fear.