Socialist writers are made of sterner stuff than those who only let their characters steeplechase through trouble in order to comeout first… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
I know how irritating it is to have somebody else lay down rules for your moral uplift, but you've got to stand… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
Literature ceases to be literature when it commits itself to moral uplift; it becomes moral philosophy or some such dull thing. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image