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. — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them. — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods. — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
“In another world,' he said, lowering his voice; I remember... was it not in another world, in a life which was not in thrall… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
After the pleasure of possessing books there is hardly anything more pleasant than that of speaking of them, and of communicating to the public… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
“Scarcely has night arrived to undeceive, unfurling her wings of crepe (wings drained even of the glimmer just now dying in the tree-tops); scarcely… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
To believe everything is to be an imbecile. To deny everything is to be a fool. — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
“Do not be alarmed if they look paler than the other maidens of Greece. They are scarcely of this Earth, and seem to be… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
If you are alone, tell some stories to yourself. This is a different kind of pleasure and it has, indeed, its reward. I have… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
“A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled over flows. And then he should… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
