The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but read more

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

This book fills a much-needed gap.

This book fills a much-needed gap.

I would live to study, and not study to live.

I would live to study, and not study to live.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

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

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

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more

Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates...

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.

Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may read more

Here at lastWe shall be free;the Almighty hath not builtHere for his envy, will not drive us hence:Here we may reign secure, and in my choiceTo reign is worth ambition though in Hell:Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. - Paradise Lost.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.