Literary success of any enduring kind is made by refusing to do what publishers want, by refusing to write what the public wants, by refusing to accept any popular standard, by refusing to write anything to order. — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects. — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“Ere morning the storm had passed; and day broke through a cloudless east. Even if the sleeve of Aoyagi hid from her lover's eyes… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“Let those who want to hatch hatch their own eggs. ----Martinique proverb” — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“It may remain for us to learn… that our task is only beginning, and that there will never be given to us even the… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“Then a scream of steam, a mighty jolt; and the thunder-rattle recommences, and the train again begins to rock in mad storms of dust… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
“Našao je zemlju izlazećeg sunca pa je pšenično zrno, koje je neplodno, bacakano vetrom, najzad naišlo na grudu zemlje koja će ga primiti da… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth;… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
