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But in the end, in the end one is alone. We are all of us alone. I mean I'm told these days we have to consider ourselves as being in society... but in the end one knows one is alone, that one lives at the heart of a solitude.

Quote by Harold Bloom about end, solitude, day, society, heart, being

Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin.

Quote by Harold Bloom about criticism

Criticism starts - it has to start - with a real passion for reading. It can come in adolescence, even in your twenties, but you must fall in love with poems.

Quote by Harold Bloom about criticism, fall, real estate, love, contentment

I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, ...

I don't believe in myths of decline or myths of progress, even as regards the literary scene.

Quote by Harold Bloom about decline, literary critic, progress, faith

I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the...

I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature or it does not exist.

Quote by Harold Bloom about criticism, literature, literary critic, faith, poets

I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron.

I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron.

Quote by Harold Bloom

I think Freud is about contamination, but I think that is something he learned from Shakespeare, because Shakespeare is about nothing but contamination, you might say.

Quote by Harold Bloom about nothing, contentment

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, ...

John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about students

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they...

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

Quote by Harold Evans

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes...

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

Quote by Harold Evans about truth

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

Quote by Harold Evans

I think America has a brilliant future.

I think America has a brilliant future.

Quote by Harold Evans about future

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to...

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

Quote by Harold Evans about journalism

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to...

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.

Quote by Harold Evans about lie

Throughout America's young history there has been a...

Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

Quote by Harold Evans about history

When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in...

When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.

Quote by Harold Evans about vitality, things, love

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Quote by Stephen Harold Spender about religion, sun

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to...

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

Quote by Stephen Harold Spender about poetry

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

Quote by Stephen Harold Spender about poetry, dream, children, mind

I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue...

I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.

Quote by Stephen Harold Spender about opinion, destruction, faith, world

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