“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
“Weak minded people are the only one's influenced by other peoples insecurities.”
“Only idiots refuse to change their minds.”
“Through it [literature] we know the past, govern the present, and influence the future.”
“The truth!" we demanded."Oh, the truth," she stammered, "the truth has nothing to do with literature," and sitting down she refused to say another word.It all seemed to us very inconclusive.”
“Literature, especially poetry, and lyric poetry most of all, is a kind of family joke, with little or no value outside its own language-group.”