One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others’ minds. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alfred Kazin, Home, Mind, Writing, 0 - Alfred Kazin Writer Copy
We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alfred Kazin, Missing, 0 - Alfred Kazin Writer Copy
To have a sense of history one must consider oneself a piece of history. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alfred Kazin, Oneself, Pieces, 0 - Alfred Kazin Writer Copy
When a writer talks about his work, he’s talking about a love affair. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alfred Kazin, Affair, Comeback, Talking, 0 - Alfred Kazin Writer Copy
Only power can get people into a position where they may be noble. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alfred Kazin, Noble, 0 - Alfred Kazin Writer Copy
Altogether beautiful in the power of its feeling. As beautiful as anything in Thoreau or Hemingway. Feraz Zeid, January 5, 2024January 7, 2024, Alfred Kazin, Beautiful, Feelings, 0 - Alfred Kazin Writer Copy
There is none who does not lie hourly in the respect he pays to false appearance. Explain - Henry David Thoreau Writer · USA
I convinced her that her first loyalty isn’t to other people, but to her own feelings. - Mario Vargas Llosa Writer · Peru
Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy. - William H. Gass Writer · USA
The world dies over and over again, but the skeleton always gets up and walks. - Henry Miller Writer · USA
The wise expect nothing, hope for nothing, thus avoiding all disappointment and anxiety. - Alexandra David-Neel Writer · France
Unfortunately, moral beauty in art – like physical beauty in a person – is extremely perishable. - Susan Sontag Writer · USA
Why is it that the stupidest people are always the most good-natured? - Stefan Zweig Writer · Austria