One of the greatest tragedies of my life is the death of Lucien de Rubempré… It haunts me in my moments of pleasure. I remember it when I laugh.

“All art is immortal. For emotion for the sake of emotion is the aim of art, and…”

“Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if the…”

“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.”

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in read…”