He loved books, those undemanding but faithful friends. - Victor Hugo

There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.

Whether true or false, what is said about men often has as much influence on their lives, and particularly on their destinies, as what they do.

She loved with so much passion as she loved with ignorance. She did not know whether it were good or evil, beneficent or dangerous, necessary or accidental, eternal or transitory, permitted or prohibited: she loved.