“An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.”
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Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.
It is not a fragrant world.
Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.
Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.