Quotes by Brodsky, Joseph

If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Bein >>

The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie. >>

Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for sel >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books >>

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images. >>

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us i >>

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

Brodsky, Joseph