What a poem means is as much what it means to others as what it means to the author; and indeed, in the course of time a poet may become merely reader in respect to his own works, forgetting his original meaning.

Sand. Everywhere. In the bed, in the shower, all over the floor. Grrrrr.

The greatness of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standards.

I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.

The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat: If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse. If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat, If you put him in a flat then he'd rather have a house. If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat, If you set him on a rat then he'd rather chase a mouse. Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat - And there isn't any call for me to shout it: For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything about it!

A wrong attitude toward nature implies, somewhere, a wrong attitude toward God.

And all shall be well and/ All manner of thing shall be well/ By the purification of the motive/ In the ground of our beseeching