For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.
The crucial thing in any work of any kind is that it must be a gift - the reader must possess it even more than the person who wrote it. It must be given completely.
I believe in the power of ideas, I believe in the power of books, but you have to give them time.
Personally I always feel like I could use a little more of poetry apothegmatic power in my own work but we're always lacking something.
Time the great destroyer of other men's happiness, only enlarges the patrimony of literature to its possessor.
The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity of the case, from the mere physiological to the psychological stage of scientific operations.
What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.
What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.
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