Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, read more

It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask, and imagine that the elastic which holds the mask on has just broken, so that the man (rather than let the mask slip off) has to tilt his head back and balance the mask on his real face. This is the kind of tyranny which Lawson's face exerts over the rest of his body as he cruises along the corridors. He doesn't look down his nose at you, he looks along his nose.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know.

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no read more

I think there is choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice. - The Life of Poetry.

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.

The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

You are wholly complete and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this read more

You are wholly complete and your success in life will be in direct proportion to your ability to accept this truth about you.

Good men prefer to be accountable.

Good men prefer to be accountable.