Nietzsche tended to equate the memorable with the painful.
~ Harold Bloom ~
"Terror and rapture to Emily Dickinson are alternative words for "transport".
Terror and rapture to Emily Dickinson are alternative words for "transport".
"The aesthetic and the agonistic are one, according to the ancient Greeks.
The aesthetic and the agonistic are one, according to the ancient Greeks.
"Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider.
Persuasion is a strong but subdued outrider.
"Dante subsumed everything, and so, in a sense, secularized nothing.
Dante subsumed everything, and so, in a sense, secularized nothing.
"Romance depends upon imperfect knowledge.
Romance depends upon imperfect knowledge.
"Capital is necessary to the cultivation of esthetic value.
Capital is necessary to the cultivation of esthetic value.
"Almost anything at all can be transmuted into a labyrinth.
Almost anything at all can be transmuted into a labyrinth.
"Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, "tuned the English tongue.
Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, "tuned the English tongue.
