Quotes of the day, February 4
All children are love children, he said, but only the best ones are ever called that.
February 23
February 22
Our easiest approach to a definition of any aspect of fiction is always by considering the sort of demand it makes on the reader. Curiosity for the story, human feelings and a sense of value for the characters, intelligence and memory for the plot. What does fantasy ask of us? It asks us to pay something extra.
February 21
Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
February 20
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
February 19
The mark of an educated man is the ability to make a reasoned guess on the basis of insufficient information.
