books

"Chavchavadze at Goodreads"

"Poems written in rhyme and meter can be easily memorized, even longish poems. However, because I write in free verse, my lines are probably more difficult to take in, to absorb, to memorize. But I'm n…"

"Well, Jim, I haven't read any of your books but I'll have to someday because they must be good considering how well they sell."

"I have not yet made up my mind whether to remain in my own country Flanders or to return forever to Rome.. .. an invitation on the most favorable terms.. ..Here they also do not fail to make every eff…"

"Two conflicting types of educational systems spring from these conflicting aims. One is public and common to many, the other private and domestic. If you wish to know what is meant by public education…"

"William I’m sorry I let my brother hoist you up the mast in that crappy jury-rigged bosun’s chair while everybody laughed! William I’m sorry I could build better fires than you could! I’m sorry my sta…"

"From the United States there seemed to be not one but many different kinds of movements developing ... as well as a number of ideologies that already then seemed to be in competition with one another:…"

"complete text in pdf of 'Degas: an intimate portrait', by Ambroise Vollard, 1937"

"The plots and stories in the novels did not interest me so much as the point of view revealed."

"It's not a difficult choice, I know what I want. The future is already written. I have made my choice."

"Revolutionary Road, no matter how accessible on the surface, rewards a lifetime of rereading and reflection."

"Books are sepulchres of thought."

"Porphyry, On Abstinence from Animal Food, Book I, translated by Thomas Taylor"

"Most of the screen on a blog is blank for an imaginary populace of readers still using 640x480 resolution. I didn't buy a 19" monitor to have 50% of its screen realestate pissed away on firing white p…"

"While Hindu activists are always treated like animals in a zoo, never allowed to speak for themselves, always condemned to be judged by what someone else has written on the signboard in front of their…"

"Hellman at the Jewish Virtual Library"

"I ask myself in this bookː on what assumptions about the world and the mind, the self and society, do these beliefs—mere translations and developments of a creed that has already taken over the world …"

"In the wacky new world of fake news, conspiracy theories,es — and social media’s unthinking participation in spreading all of that — facts and truth get lost in the noise. A responsible media needs to…"

"I am and remain a Marxist. Because otherwise I could not be a proofreader… If California triumphs, there will be no need of proofreaders. Machines will do it better. Or all texts will be audiovisual, …"

"We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living."