Quotes by : Théophile Gautier

I have kept thee long in waiting, dear Romuald, and thou mayst well have thought that I had forgotten....

Although it was only six o'clock, the night was already dark. The fog, made thicker by its proximity....

You know, the immortality of the soul, free will and all that -- it's all very amusing to talk about....

It is a difficult matter to gain the affection of a cat. He is a philosophical, methodical animal, tenacious....

The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature....

Demander à la poésie du sentimentalisme ... ce n'est pas ça. Des mots rayonnants, des mots de lumière....

Some centuries ago they had Raphael and Michael Angelo; now we have Mr. Paul Delaroche, and all because....

Le hasard, c'est peut-être le pseudonyme de Dieu quand il ne veut pas signer.

And of a Sunday swarm the folkUnder the honeysuckle vine, Quaffing, the while they talk and smoke, The....

What constitutes the pleasure of the traveler is the obstacle, the fatigue, the peril itself. What pleasure....