In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me.

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In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

In essence the Renaissance was simply the green end of one of civilization's hardest winters.

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a...

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In...

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in...

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common...

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Our accepting what we are must always inhibit our being what we ought to be.

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical.

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Whatever sympathy I feel towards religions, whatever admiration for some of their adherents, whatever historical...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one...

An answer is always a form of death.

An answer is always a form of death.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America,...

Time is not a road - it is a room

Time is not a road - it is a room

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

We all write poems; it is simply that the poets are the ones who write...

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...

Shall Life renew these bodies? Of a truth All death will he annul, all tears...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures