"A work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line. And art it…"

"The changing wisdom of successive generations discards ideas, questions facts, demolishes theories. But the artist ap…"

"Temperament, whether individual or collective, is not amenable to persuasion. All art, therefore, appeals primarily t…"

"My task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel — it is…"

"To snatch in a moment of courage, from the remorseless rush of time, a sapping phase of life is only the beginning of…"

"Art is long and life is short, and success is very far off. And thus, doubtful of strength to travel so far, we talk …"

"To arrest, for the space of a breath, the hands busy about the work of the earth, and compel men entranced by the sig…"

"The men who could understand his silence were gone — those men who knew how to exist beyond the pale of life and with…"

"The ship, a fragment detached from the earth, went on lonely and swift like a small planet."

"“How can you—how dare you have such wicked, revengeful thoughts?” “Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural,” answered…"