"... We talked of biography.—JOHNSON. 'It is rarely well executed. They only who live with a man can write his life wi…"

"Talking of biography, I said, in writing a life, a man's peculiarities should be mentioned, because they mark his cha…"

"There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man; also it may be said, there is n…"

"The open-ended nature of biography is one of its mysterious attractions. No Life is ever definitive: it draws or reje…"

"Though just biographic record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness, it ought not to sp…"

"When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man's life? And so will…"

"Though fairy-stories are of course by no means the only medium of Escape, they are today one of the most obvious and …"

"When the seas of life get rough, some readers look for escape, while others dive right in. So it is , when many book …"

"People who read tend to commit fewer s, I guess. I think that one of the reasons for that isn’t just that they’re bri…"

"Real life is overrated. But as readers we can escape to any elsewhere our heart desires – and at present all my heart…"