When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he read more

When a man can observe himself suffering and is able, later, to describe what he's gone through, it means he was born for literature.

For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge o flow 40 percent of the hours they spent read more

For the high achievers, studying gave them the pleasing, absorbing challenge o flow 40 percent of the hours they spent at it. But for low achievers, studying produced flow only 16 percent of the time; more often that not, it yielded anxiety, with the demands outreaching their abilities.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

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.

Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something read more

Draw a crazy picture,Write a nutty poem,Sing a mumble-gumble song,Whistle through your comb.Do a loony-goony dance'Cross the kitchen floor,Put something silly in the worldThat ain't been there before.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.