“Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.”
―
―
“The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.”
― Studies in Classic American Literature
― Studies in Classic American Literature
“Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.”
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
― Of the Standard of Taste and Other Essays
“À l'aurore, armés d'une ardente patience, nous entrerons aux splendides Villes.
(In the dawn, armed with a burning patience, we shall enter the splendid Cities.)”
― A Season in Hell & Other Poems
(In the dawn, armed with a burning patience, we shall enter the splendid Cities.)”
― A Season in Hell & Other Poems
William’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at William’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Crime, Ebooks, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Spirituality, and Travel
Polls voted on by William
Lists liked by William















