“I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid of now is of being someone I don't like much.”
Tip: press → for another quote, C to copy, S to share.
There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman as a weight and a sampler, not an Ezra, a Walt, a thing of beauty, a joy forever.
The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are incompatible that is, that one is male and the other female.
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.
I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.