If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the…

Quote by Edmund Wilson

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No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on...

Yes, I will take another sample. No, I'm not buying a whole box.

Yes, I will take another sample. No, I'm not buying a whole box.

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

When poets write about food it is usually celebratory. Food as the thing-in-itself, but also...

How do you like them? like a pear, a lemon, a la Montgolfier, half an...

How do you like them? like a pear, a lemon, a la Montgolfier, half an...

Trying to accomplish a task before the microwave hits 0 like your life depends on...

Trying to accomplish a task before the microwave hits 0 like your life depends on...

If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.

If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.

Where do you go to get anorexia?

Where do you go to get anorexia?

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic...

The food in such places is so tasteless because the members associate spices and garlic...

An overripe banana, yellow outside, squishy in

An overripe banana, yellow outside, squishy in