Charles Nodier
Literature is the expression of society.Collection: Expression
After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.Collection: Book
There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought.Collection: Nature
Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine.Collection: Years
The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.Collection: Winter
After the pleasure of possessing books there is hardly anything more pleasant than that of speaking of them, and of communicating to the public the innocent richness of thought which we have acquired by the culture of letters.Collection: Book
Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.Collection: Fall
If you are alone, tell some stories to yourself. This is a different kind of pleasure and it has, indeed, its reward. I have tasted a little of everything, and I have truly never enjoyed anything more.Collection: Different
But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.Collection: Art