Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled. – Matthew Arnold
The precise form of an individuals activity is determined, of course, by the equipment with which he came into the world. In other words, it is determined by his heredity. – Henry Louis
I get up, go and get a coffee, and go do the crossword – Im loyal to one particular paper, the Guardian – and thats my idea of a perfect morning. – Laura Marling
I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader… I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice… mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry. – Kenneth Koch
With any child entering adolescence, one hunts for signs of health, is desperate for the smallest indication that the childs problems will never be important enough for a television movie. – Nora Ephron
