“That great Cathedral space which was childhood.” — Virginia Woolf Quote

That great Cathedral space which was childhood.

Who shall measure the hat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body?

Now begins to rise in me the familiar rhythm; words that have lain dormant now lift, now toss their crests, and fall and rise, and falls again. I am a poet, yes. Surely I am a great poet.

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.

I thought how unpleasant it is to be locked out; and I thought how it is worse, perhaps, to be locked in.

Madison Square Garden to any New York kid is the center of the universe. Even going there as a fan is like stepping up to the plate at Yankee Stadium. You know you're in the grand cathedral.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

When I started to build this cathedral, the word on the street was that I was crazy.

But I did get to see the Notre-Dame cathedral, which was really special to me. I'm completely heartbroken over the fire, but I'm really glad that they're gonna be able to salvage it.