We Read, Frequently If Not

It Is By Extending Oneself, By Exercising Some Capacity Previously Unused That You Come To A Better Knowledge Of Your Own Potential.

Everyone Wants A Prodigy To Fail; It Makes Our Mediocrity More Bearable.

We Can Be Reluctant To Recognize How Much Of Our Culture Was Literary, Particularly Now That So Many Of The Institutional Purveyors Of Literature Happily Have Joined In Proclaiming Its Death. A Substantial Number Of Americans Who Believe They Worship God Actually Worship Three Major Literary Characters: The Yahweh Of The J Writer (earliest Author Of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers), The Jesus Of The Gospel Of Mark, And Allah Of The Koran.

It Is Hard To Go On Living Without Some Hope Of Encountering The Extraordinary.

Information Is Endlessly Available To Us; Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?