Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.
Genius turns the exception into the rule.
Creating is as difficult as being free.
The only function of time is to consume itself: it burns without leaving ashes.
Silence is like the wind: it fans the flames of major misunderstandings and extinguishes only the small ones.
The reader can be considered the main character of the novel, on equal footing with the author; without them, nothing is accomplished.
Two things amaze me: the intelligence of beasts and the brutality of men.
All the misfortunes of the world come from the forgetfulness and contempt that has been shown to the natural and indispensable rights of women.
The law that enslaves women and deprives them of education, also oppresses you, proletarian men. (...) In the name of your own interest, men; in the name of your improvement, yours, men; finally, in the name of the universal welfare of all, I urge you to demand rights for women.
The level of civilization achieved by various human societies is in proportion to the independence enjoyed by women.
The art of overcoming great difficulties is learned and acquired through the habit of facing small ones.
A revolution is not worthy of being called such if, with all the power and means at its disposal, it is not capable of helping women—doubly or triply enslaved, as they were in the past—to rise and advance on the path of social and individual progress.
Reading is pleasure, knowledge, emotion, alienation.