The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for an audience; and the more candidly he writes, the more intimately he is addressing his reader.
The best rock stars, in my opinion, are the true believers who put themselves together for the sheer joy of inventing themselves.
2mo ago
The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for an audience, and the fact of his not expecting any particular reader does not prevent him from having a vague composite picture in his mind of the sort of people who will eventually read him.
3mo ago
The poet only asks to get his head into the world, but the world always strikes a poet down. It may be very hard in the world to live with the poet; but imagine how hard it must be to live with the poet in oneself and to be bound by him in chains.
That's because his essays covered many topics but really had only one subject—namely Montaigne himself, with all his quirks and opinions and hot takes. His essays marked a milestone in the history of individualism.
5mo ago
Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.
