To listen acutely is to be powerless, even if you sit on a throne.
literature is an instrument of a culture, not a summary of it.
One reason writers write is out of revenge.
The butterfly lures us not only because he is beautiful, but because he is transitory. The caterpillar is uglier, but in him we can regard the better joy of becoming.
Advances in technology neither impede nor augment literature.
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.