This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.
The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.
Sand. Everywhere. In the bed, in the shower, all over the floor. Grrrrr.
If one has to earn a living, therefore, the safest occupation is that most remote from the arts.
Men dislike being awakened from their death in life.
This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word.