M. H. Abrams

Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.

Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.

We are human, and nothing is more interesting to us than humanity.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.