There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight

I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know.

Be not cheap or mediocre in desiring.

The difference between a gun and a tree is a difference of tempo. The tree explodes every spring.

Quiet this metal! Let the manes put off their terror, let them put off their aqueous bodies with fire. Let them assume the milk-white bodies of agate. Let them draw together the bones of the metal.

The sum of human wisdom is not contained in any one language.

Literature is news that stays news.