“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”

“Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.”

“Second hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.”

“This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of women in a drawing-room.”

“The soul must brave itself to endure.”

“...her soul rusted with that grievance sticking in it”

“Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth.”