One doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will collect anyway, and we certainly owe mediocrity nothing, whatever collectivity it purports to advance or at least represent.


How to Read and Why (2000)

Harold Bloom Quotes

One doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will...

One doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will...

One doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will...

One doesn't want to read badly any more than live badly, since time will not relent. I don't know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will...