“A good book is an event in my life.”

“A good book is an event in my life.”

“A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.”

“Ah, Sir, a novel is a mirror carried along a high road. At one moment it reflects to your vision the azure skies, at another the mire of the puddles at your feet. And the man who carries this mirror in his pack will be accused by you of being immoral! His mirror shews the mire, and you blame the mir...”