“life is long between the desire and the spasm.”

“Between the desireAnd the spasm,Between the potencyAnd the existence,Between the essenceAnd the descent,Falls the Shadow.This is the way the world ends.from "The Hollow Man”

“If Hell is where nothing connects, then being in the field of English must be the key to heaven's door! We are in the business of finding connections--within texts, between texts and contexts, between texts and ourselves, between our readings and the readings of other interpreters.”

“April is the cruelest month, breedinglilacs out of the dead land, mixingmemory and desire, stirringdull roots with spring rain.”

“Between the ideaAnd the realityBetween the motionAnd the actFalls the Shadow”

“Between the conceptionAnd the creationBetween the emotionAnd the responseFalls the Shadow”

“The dream crossed twilight between birth and dying.”