Literature is the expression of society.

- Charles Nodier

To believe everything is to be an imbecile. To deny everything is to be a fool.

- Charles Nodier

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 imag…

- Charles Nodier

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 e…

- Charles Nodier

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 every…

- Charles Nodier

After owning books, almost the next best thing is talking about them.

- Charles Nodier

Our years, our debts, and our enemies are always more numerous than we imagine.

- Charles Nodier

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 i…

- Charles Nodier

The winter will be long and bleak. Nature has a dismal aspect.

- Charles Nodier