“Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works.”

“To let yourself be carried on passively is unthinkable”

“Silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself...When life sank down for a moment, the range of experience seemed limitless.”