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.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.

Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is read more

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

Every man's memory is his private literature.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.

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

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

. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters
amongst men of read more

. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters
amongst men of the world.