Janet

“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

“He thought, in fine, that the dreams of poets were the realities of life.”
― John William Polidori, The Vampyre

“Does that mean", I said in some bewilderment, "that we must eat again of the tree of knowledge in order to return to the state of innocence?"

"Of course", he said, "but that's the final chapter in the history of the world.”
― Heinrich von Kleist, On a Theatre of Marionettes

“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black