Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

If a nation's literature declines, the nation atrophies and decays.

The art of letters will come to an end before A.D. 2000. I shall survive as a curiosity.

I have tried to write Paradise Do not move Let the wind speak that is paradise. Let the Gods forgive what I have made Let those I love try to forgive what I have made.

I would hold the rosy, slender fingers of the dawn for you.

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Don't be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.