Frances Jean

“Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Prose: words in their best order; poetry: the best words in the best order.”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The reader should be carried forward, not merely or chiefly by the mechanical impulse of curiosity, or by a restless desire to arrive at the final solution; but by the pleasurable activity of mind excited by the attractions of the journey itself.”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life & Opinions

“There are four kinds of readers. The first is like the hourglass; and their reading being as the sand, it runs in and runs out, and leaves not a vestige behind. A second is like the sponge, which imbibes everything, and returns it in nearly the same state, only a little dirtier. A third is like a jelly bag, allowing all that is pure to pass away, and retaining only the refuse and dregs. And the fourth is like the slaves in the diamond mines of Golconda, who, casting aside all that is worthless, retain only pure gems.”
― Samuel Taylor Coleridge