“You have never fought for anything in your life. You write poems and articles about slavery and the murder of Indians and hope something will change. You fight what does not come near your door, professors. You've inherited everything in… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“Money is good, but it is not all about a man. You will have successes and reversals, but remember it is your reaction to… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
Though a woman tempted man to eat, my dear Longfellow," said Holmes, "you never hear of Eve having to do with his drinking, for… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“We never like the smell of our own vices in other people, Holmes. Ah, let's steer here for a drink or two," Lowell suggested.” — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
Shakespeare brings us to know ourselves. Dante, with his dissection of all others, bids us to know one another. — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
Remember that there are two things in this life that are never worth crying about: what can be cured and what cannot be cured. — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“Believe that when I am at once a man's friend I am always so-nor is it so very hard to bring me to it.… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“On the trees were no longer only leaves but brown fruits, on the bushes no longer blossoms but clusters of red berries. And the… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“No, never mind, I didn't think so. Mead, Dante's theme is man-not a man.' Lowell said finally with a mild patience that he reserved… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“There was still the temptation to believe the world was a mere trap for human sin. But sin, the way he saw it, was… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
“The force of Dante's poetry resonated most in those who did not confess the Catholic faith, for believers would inevitably have quibbles with Dante's… — Matthew Pearl Copy Share Image
