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In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work read more
In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.
 I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should 
stand by itself, of itself, and for read more 
 I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should 
stand by itself, of itself, and for itself. 
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
Author: A fool, who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting the generations read more
Author: A fool, who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting the generations to come.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.
 There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the 
literature of power. The function of the first is--to read more 
 There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the 
literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the 
function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the 
second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive 
understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to 
the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections 
of pleasure and sympathy.
   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"), 
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day read more
From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.
We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.
We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.