Anthony Esolen Quotes

Many of the greatest books are like a forest. “The best way to get to know them is to wander right into the middle and get lost.

For in those days I had no idea that many of the greatest books are like a forest, and that the best way to get to know them is to wander right into the middle and get lost.

We would – or at least we should – take upon ourselves the ultimate task of our poet: to seek the face of God.

We think that mercy is a sweeter and easier thing than justice, but it is not so; for justice takes us as we are, but mercy assaults us and batters at the gates of our heart, demanding that we be made new...Sometimes sorrow is easier than joy, and despair more comforting that hope.