The poet's place, it seems to me, is with the Mr. Hydes of human nature.

Higher education is not necessarily a guarantee of higher virtue.

No less than war or statecraft, the history of Economics has its heroic ages.

Slowly, very slowly, like two unhurried compass needles, the feet turned towards the right; north, north-east, east, south-east, south, south-south-west; then paused, and after a few seconds, turned as unhurriedly back towards the left. South-south-west, south, south-east, east.

But I don't want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness. I want sin.

De Sade is the one completely consistent and thoroughgoing revolutionary of history.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.