Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Edgar Allan PoeThere are as many kinds of beauty as there are habitual ways of seeking happiness.
Charles BaudelaireIn the past goodness was always a collective experience. Then goodness became privatised.
Edward BondIf you haven't read you don't have the voice. The lack of voice eliminates experience.
George SaundersExperience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
Immanuel Kant