We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.

The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.

Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.

I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god-sullen, untamed and intractable.

Time past and time future allow but a little consciousness. To be conscious is not to be in time.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

The dream crossed twilight between birth and dying.