To establish what is true is very difficult. Frequently it is easier to establish what is false. And, passing through the false, it's possible to understand something about truth.

Libraries have always been humanities' way of preserving its collective wisdom

The poets did not win; the philosophers surrendered.

I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to believe and developing the habit of believing.

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early poetry, and bad poets publish it. Thankfully I gave up rather quickly.