Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.

The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee.
[Fr., La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme read more

The fashion of liking Racine will pass away like that of coffee.
[Fr., La mode d'aimer Racine passera comme la mode du cafe.]

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.

The walls are the publishers of the poor.

The walls are the publishers of the poor.

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 universe is made up of stories, not of atoms.

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

Perish those who said our good things before we did.

Perish those who said our good things before we did.