“Fiction is love and hate and agreement and conflict and common adventure, not lonely musings on have-beens and might-have-beens.” Has BeensMightHateCommonFictionAdventureConflictLonelyAgreementMight Have BeenLove And HateMusings Book:The Blue Hen's Chick: An Autobiography Source: The Blue Hen's Chick: An Autobiography
“Housman is one of my heroes and always has been. He was a detestable and miserable man. Arrogant, unspeakably lonely, cruel, and so on, but and absolutely marvellous minor poet, I think, and a great scholar.” ThinkingMenHas BeensPoetHeroLonelyMiserableScholarArrogantMinorsMy HeroMarvellous Author:A. E. Housman
“He who seeks truth must be content with a lonely, little-trodden path. If he cannot worship her till she has been canonized by the shouts of the multitude, he must take his place with the members of that wretched crowd who shouted for two long hours, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians!" till truth, reason, and calmness were all drowned in noise.” IfsLittlesLongHas BeensTwoReasonTruthHoursPathMembersWorshipLonelyCrowdsNoiseMultitudesWretchedCalmnessDianaLong HoursEphesians Book:Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton