A life without tragedy would not be worth living.

The liberal idea of tolerance is more and more a kind of intolerance. What it means is 'Leave me alone; don't harass me; I'm intolerant towards your over-proximity.'

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life$$$ struggle$$$ intensity.

Eventually$$$ you will come to understand that love heals everything$$$ and love is all there is.

Every book has a soul$$$ the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.

A story is a letter that the author writes to himself$$$ to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

Every man is himself a class; every hour carries its new challenge.

I balanced all$$$ brought all to mind$$$ <br>The years to come seemed waste of breath$$$ <br>A waste of breath the years behind<br>In balance with this life$$$ this death.

Irish poets$$$ learn your trade$$$<br>Sing whatever is well made$$$<br>Scorn the sort now growing up<br>All out of shape from toe to top.

Rhetoric is will doing the work of imagination.