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Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.
I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.
While most trudge through their days straight-jacketed in the social compact, living for others as much as or more than for themselves, a select few excel.
In retrospect I realize that the threat was about ego rather than the validity of the music.
On a ship, everything is enclosed: the people are right on top of each other and can't get up and walk away.
Those who think that through concessions they will gain respect and peace are wrong. It's the other way around; it will lead to more wars.
People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.
Heroes are people who think more of others than themselves. This is not to say that they don't think of themselves. They do. They certainly do. But they think of others more.
