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The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.
Words of love, are works of love.
Words of love, are works of love.
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before read more
It is very perplexing how an intrepid frontier people, who fought a wilderness, floods, tornadoes, and the Rockies, cower before criticism, which is regarded as a malignant tumor in the imagination.
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language read more
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.
