Is This True Or Only Clever?

A Conventional Good Read Is Usually A Bad Read, A Relaxing Bath In What We Know Already. A True Good Read Is Surely An Act Of Innovative Creation In Which We, The Readers, Become Conspirators.

Poetry Should Be Vital--either Stirring Our Blood By Its Divine Movements Or Snatching Our Breath By Its Divine Perfection. To Do Both Is Supreme Glory, To Do Either Is Enduring Fame.

A Poet's Soul Must Contain The Perfect Shape Of All Things Good, Wise And Just. His Body Must Be Spotless And Without Blemish, His Life Pure, His Thoughts High, His Studies Intense.

Good As It Is To Inherit A Library, It Is Better To Collect One.

Any Ordinary Man Can...surround Himself With Two Thousand Books...and Thenceforward Have At Least One Place In The World In Which It Is Possible To Be Happy.