Bruce

“Is it a matter of coincidence that the poets who invented Eros, making of him a divinity and a literary obsession, were also the first authors in our tradition to leave us their poems in written form? To put the question more pungently, what is erotic about alphabetization?”
― Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet: An Essay

“To declaim against present times, and magnify the virtue of remote ancestors, is a propensity almost inherent in human nature.”
― David Hume, of Refinement in the Arts

“If you are reading, you are not at the beginning.”
― Anne Carson, Eros the Bittersweet

“From law arises security: From security curiosity: And from curiosity knowledge.”
― David Hume