"Il n’est guère difficile de démontrer, preuves à l’appui, que la belle saison de la lecture se situe entre dix-huit et vingt-quatre ans."

"C’est l’âme qui compte, sa passion, son tumulte, son étonnant mélange de beauté et vilenie."

"So we say farewell to a dear and faithful friend, whose virtues we remember — and dogs have few faults."

"Words, then, are not useful. Let us now enquire into their other quality, their positive quality, that is, their power to tell the truth."

" But here, none too soon, are the second-hand bookshops. Here we find anchorage in these thwarting currents of being..."