The novel is the art of making the invisible visible.
The political liberty of the subject is a tranquility of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety.
Every scientific discovery should be measured by its contribution to human welfare.
The fabulous country—the place where miracles not only happen, but where they happen all the time.
"Language is the house we live in, and poetry is the window."
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.