“Next to love is the desire for love.”

“Desiring the exhilarations of changes: The motive for metaphor, shrinking fromThe weight of primary noon ...”

“Death is the mother of beauty; hence from her,Alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreamsAnd our desires.”

“Man is an eternal sophomore.”

“It is necessary to any originality to have the courage to be an amateur.”

“Reality is a cliché from which we escape by metaphor.”

“It is the unknown that excites the ardor of scholars, who, in the known alone, would shrivel up with boredom.”