“ The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. ”

— Jane Austen

“ Le secret du monde, c'est que toute chose subsiste et ne meurt pas, mais se soustrait à notre regard, pour mieux revenir ensuite. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from the sight, and then afterwards, return again. ”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ It's a sad truth that those who shine brightest often burn fastest. ”

— Heimerdinger