How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“She had thought of literature all these years (her seclusion, her rank, her sex must be her excuse) as something wild as… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded;… — Friedrich Schleiermacher Copy Share Image
“He(Prophet Muhammad) was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was 20, in 1957, and maybe you would say I was old enough to know better, but nevertheless, I was… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Demolishing pretensions, especially worthy ones, is a hallmark of the baby boom. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“A person only experiences the fathomlessly beautiful and mysterious particulars that constitute reality by giving up the distorting spectacles of our egotistical… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
As a Christian, I'm passionately opposed to American pretensions that we have special standing with God; to political office-seekers who play on… — Parker Palmer Copy Share Image
