Nomen est Omen

“he felt a glow of pleasure at the idea that here he would be too far out for the tidal wave of Parisian life to reach him, and yet near enough for the proximity of the capital to strengthen him in his solitude.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature

“en de certains lieux, en de certains heures regarder la mer est un poision.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Travailleurs De La Mer, II

“Yet his literary opinions had started from a very simple point of view. For him, there were no such things as schools;1 the only thing that mattered to him was the writer’s personality, and the only thing that interested him was the working of the writer’s brain, no matter what subject he was tackling. Unfortunately this criterion of appreciation, so obviously just, was practically impossible to apply, for the simple reason that, however much a reader wants to rid himself of prejudice and refrain from passion, he naturally prefers those works which correspond most intimately with his own personality, and ends by relegating all the rest to limbo.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature

“More often than not, all that would be needed to complete the cure would be for the sick man to show a little imagination.”
― Joris-Karl Huysmans, Against Nature