Critical lice are like body lice, which desert corpses to seek the living.

Quote by Theophile Gautier

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Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

The cat is a dilettante in fur.

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the...

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse of eternity.

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never...

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own...

You do not become a critic until it has been completely established to your own...

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care...

Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care...

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse,...

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse,...

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal...one...

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

A cat will be your friend, but never your slave.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

I am one of those for whom superfluity is a necessity.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Sooner barbarity than boredom.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

Chance is the pseudonym of God when he did not want to sign.

What I write is not for little girls.

What I write is not for little girls.