“That’s what love is like: mother of the greatest bliss and stepmother of the most tragic misery.”

“These two oo in "book" are like the two eyes of a reader who fell in love with a story.”

“No secret can remain hidden for ever. Silently and patiently, it waits in the dark. It lets you build your life, carefully stacking the bricks one by one, and then it appears. It deals its blow and everything crumbles. That’s why it remains intact and incorruptible in time, waiting for its ultimate destiny to be revealed.”

“Never look back; you may only find what you left or let you go.”

“That was always my fear, that perhaps books would lead me astray, teaching me about a life that didn’t match reality.”

“Literature is the real life of imaginary people.”

“Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind; distress is the nurse of self-respect; misfortune is a good breast for great souls.”