Read quote“I revere the memory of Pope, I respect and honour his abilities; but I do not think him at the head of his profession.”
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Read quote“I believe there is something that can be passed between writers, between generations—that changes in time but not in essentials.”
Read quote“文以载道，儒者无不能言之。”
Read quote“六经皆史也。”
Read quote“Našel jsem tu Válku s mloky. K Čapkovi jsem měl vždycky blízko.”
Read quote“My chief pleasure has been books.”
Read quote“The link between the two is that you have to be very careful with the text, and that you can respond to a text in various ways.”
Read quote“Literature begins with that “why,” even if we were to answer that question over and over with an ordinary “I don’t know.””
Read quote“La literatura refleja las ideas vigentes en una sociedad, y es expresión de ella.”
Read quote“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
Read quote“I credit poetry, in other words, both for being itself and for being a help.”
Read quote“فإن بيتا بغير كتب هو بيت بغير فكر.. أى بيت بلا روح، والمقابر هو المكان الوحيد الذى يخلو من الكتب.”
Read quote“La poesía es respiración y silencio.”
Read quote“We cannot do without Urdu.”
Read quote“لستُ أهوى القراءةَ لأكتبَ، ولا أهوى القراءةَ لأزدادَ عُمُرًا في تقديرِ الحسابِ، وإنما أهوى القراءةَ؛ لأنَّ عندي حياةً واحدةً في هذه الدنيا وحياةً واحدةً لا تكفيني.”
Read quote“I believe that the sentimental has a place in poetry.”
Read quote“The most important thing is that I'm writing in Irish Gaelic.”
Read quote“In the case of history what matters is its meaning; its medium is events, and its vehicle is literature.”
Read quote“I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.”
Read quote“All poems are rash acts.”