... how much of our inner substance is it good for us to give to public griefs? The whole modern tendency to agonize over the suffering of the entire globe is surely something new.

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

... how much of our inner substance is it good for us to give to public griefs? The whole modern tendency to agonize over the suffering of the entire globe is surely something new.

It is almost impossible for the poetess, once laurelled, to take off the crown for good or to reject values and taste of those who tender it.

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

Because language is the carrier of ideas, it is easy to believe that it should be very little else than such a carrier.