Quote #13657
Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.
Quote #5032
No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land,...
Quote #10346
At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability...
Quote #28301
Broken promises don’t upset me. I just think, why did they believe me
Quote #12377
It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but...
Quote #15377
Judgment is forced upon us by experience.
Quote #29717
The one man who should never attempt an explanation of a poem is its...
Quote #6654
But love is blind and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit;...
Quote #7837
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
Quote #450
In New York City, everyone is an exile, none more so than the Americans.