“The historical sense compels a man to write not merely with his own generation in his bones, but with a feeling that the whole of literature from Homer and within it the whole of the literature of his own country has a simultaneous existence and composes a simultaneous order.” MenWritingCountryWholeFeelingsOrderLiteratureExistenceGenerationsTraditionHistoricalBonesSimultaneousIndividual Talent Book:The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays Source: The Sacred Wood and Major Early Essays
“When all is said and done, no literature can outdo the cynicism of real life; you won't intoxicate with one glass someone who has already drunk up a whole barrel.” SaidRealDoneWholeLiteratureGlassesReal LifeDrunkCynicismDrunkennessBarrelsSaid And Done Author:Anton Chekhov
“I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws.” IfsKnowsLooksDoeWholeLiteratureStuffMy OwnProudHighestRegardFlawsRight Words Author:Neil Gaiman
“People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice Indian yoga and all its exercises, observe a strict regimen of diet, learn the literature of the whole world - all because they cannot get on with themselves and have not the slightest faith that anything useful could ever come out of their own souls.” PeopleWorldSoulMatterWholeOrderLiteraturePracticeExerciseYogaWhole WorldAbsurdIndianDietsStrictMemories Dreams Reflections Author:Carl Jung
“Crossing out is an art that is, perhaps, even more difficult than writing. It requires the sharpest eye to decide what is superfluous and must be removed. And it requires ruthlessness toward yourself -- the greatest ruthlessness and self-sacrifice. You must know how to sacrifice parts in the name of the whole.” KnowsInspirationalWritingArtSelfWholeEyeLiteratureNamesDifficultKnow HowSacrificeCrossingsSelf SacrificeSuperfluousRuthlessness Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin
“The curse of Scottish literature is the lack of a whole language, which finally means the lack of a whole mind.” MindMeanWholeLiteratureLanguageCurseScottish Author:Edwin Muir
“This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.” PeopleTwoReasonWholeLife IsLiteratureLeftHoursAudienceFascinatingDocumentariesRatingProgrammesFactual Author:Martin Bashir