“Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.”… more →
"me" quotesivyleaf wrote 1 year ago: “Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when … more →
ivyleaf wrote 1 year ago: “Reminiscences, even extensive ones, do not always amount to an autobiography. For autobiography has … more →
ivyleaf wrote 1 year ago: “These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. Al … more →
ivyleaf wrote 1 year ago: Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. … more →
ivyleaf wrote 1 year ago: The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines. … more →
ivyleaf wrote 1 year ago: The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to … more →
ivyleaf wrote 1 year ago: Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, … more →