Top 14 Charles Nodier Quotes
#1. There is something marvelously soft in the study of nature which attaches a name to every being, a thought to every name, affection and memories to every thought.
Charles Nodier
#2. But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.
Charles Nodier
#3. Do not be alarmed if they look paler than the other maidens of Greece. They are scarcely of this Earth, and seem to be shaking off the sleep of a past life.
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#4. If you are alone, tell some stories to yourself. This is a different kind of pleasure and it has, indeed, its reward. I have tasted a little of everything, and I have truly never enjoyed anything more.
Charles Nodier
#6. 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 write.
Charles Nodier
#7. In another world,' he said, lowering his voice; I remember ... was it not in another world, in a life which was not in thrall to sleep and its phantoms? ...
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#8. Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine.
Charles Nodier
#9. The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.
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#10. 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.
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#11. After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.
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#12. To believe everything is to be an imbecile.
To deny everything is to be a fool.
Charles Nodier
#13. It is wrong to kill anyone. It is wrong to kill those who kill. It is wrong to kill the executioner. The laws on murder must be killed!
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#14. Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.
Charles Nodier
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