"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."
"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people."
"Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent."
"Arrange whatever pieces come your way."
"When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?"
"Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others."