"It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of bad social [literary] fiction which continues to be treated by literary editors as if it were somehow superior, or at least worthier of our attention. The careerist literary imperialism of the Bloomsbury years did a lot to produce fiction's present unseemly polarities."

-- Michael Moorcock

#Years Quotes #Editors Quotes #Attention Quotes

“Love is support, kindness, and warmth. That's all I have so far; I'm still figuring it out.”
“I think that every year that the New York City Ballet is alive is worthy of celebration. Because otherwise the terrible thing is just that we take it for granted.”
“Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.”
“Without the ontological assumption which goes with it, what is called science, is nothing but the dreamer's well-ordered dream.”

Source : George Trumbull Ladd (1895). “Philosophy of mind”, p.141, Рипол Классик
“It is not enough to understand, or to see clearly. The future will be shaped in the arena of human activity, by those willing to commit their minds and their bodies to the task.”
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”

Source : Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice [The 50 Best Classic Books Ever - # 03]”, p.52, Jane Austen
“No tribute is laid on castles in the air.”
“No institution will go through fundamental change unless it believes it is in deep trouble and needs to do something different to survive.”

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