“Winter's notion of poetry is tragedy. It knows nothing of comedy. Its laughter was frozen on its lips long ago.” KnowsLongComedyLaughterTragedyNotionWinterLipsPoetry IsLong AgoFrozen Author:William Alfred Quayle
“But Shakespeare knows what the sphinx thinks, if anybody does. His genius is penetrative as cold midwinter entering every room, and making warmth shiver in ague fits. I think Shakespeare never errs in his logical sequence in character. He surprises us, seems unnatural to us, but because we have been superficial observers; while genius will disclose those truths to which we are blind.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeHas BeensCharacterSeemsRoomsColdGeniusFitBlindSurpriseLogicalWarmthSuperficialEnteringObserversSequenceUnnaturalShiverSphinxMidwinter Book:A Hero and Some Other Folks Source: A Hero and Some Other Folks