In a word, the very quality which made Julien into a superior being was precisely that which prevented him from savoring the happiness which was plac… - Stendhal

I forgot to illustrate this salon. Sir Walter Scott, and his imitators, would have started with that, but for me, I abhor material description. The trouble of making them prevents me from writing novels.

Mutluluğu uzaklarda aramaya kalkmanın ne anlamı var, işte burada, elimin altında!

Politics in the middle of things of the imagination is like a pistol shot in the middle of a concert. The noise is loud without being forceful. It isn't in harmony with the sound of any instrument. This political discussion will mortally offend half my readers and bore the others, who have found a much more precise and vigorous account of such matters in their morning newspapers.