Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.

Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges
the patrimony of literature to its possessor.

Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

The great Cham of literature. (Samuel Johnson)

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Yet ah! why should they know their fate?Since sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly flies.Thought would destroy their read more

Yet ah! why should they know their fate?Since sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly flies.Thought would destroy their paradise.No more; where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise. - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your read more

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms.

The universe is made up of stories, not of atoms.