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According to Goethe, Byron’s poetical power eclipsed all other mortals, and he was not held back by petty morality, being possessed of a virtue of which the bourgeoisie had no conception.
Alan Cardew • Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
Literary men are being employed to praise a big business man personally, as men used to praise a king.
G. K. Chesterton • The G. K. Chesterton Collection [50 Books]
‘He made every sentence electric’: Martin Amis remembered by Tina Brown, his old friend and devoted editor
theguardian.comAfter dinner, Andy and I stopped by a bookstore that was next to St. Mark’s Comedy Club. Unorganized, lots of underground poetry, ended up getting “Thus Spoke Zarathustra” and a preface to Plato. I asked the guy if they had any Ed Sanders (his Tales of Beatnick Glory shaped my sense of history of this neighborhood). They had that same book, signed,
... See moreThelonious Monk playing “Honeysuckle Rose”.
Haruki Murakami • Norwegian Wood
“Most of the young men of talent whom I have met in this country give one the impression of being somewhat demented. Why shouldn't they? They are living amidst spiritual gorillas, living with food and drink maniacs, success-mongers, gadget innovators, publicity hounds. God, if I were a young man today, if I were faced with a world such as we have c... See more