Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen read more

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the read more

You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries... - Melting Pot, The.