Let Us Praise The Noble

Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In The Soviet Union, He Was Condemned As Being Too Radical; In The West, For Being Too Conservative. He Could Please No One But The Musical Public. He Revenged Himself On Both By Writing A Short Piece Called 'march Of The Soviet Police.'

Most Of The Literary Classics Are Worth Reading, If You've Nothing Better To Do.

The Greater Your Dreams, The More Terrible Your Nightmares.

I Am An Enemy Of The State. But Isn't Everyone?

Literature, Like Anything Else, Can Become A Wearisome Business If You Make A Lifetime Specialty Of It. A Healthy, Wholesome Man Would No More Spend His Entire Life Reading Great Books Than He Would Packing Cookies For Nabisco.