We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are. Harold Bloom deeplyfamiliarknowledge share on social
Sometimes one succeeds, sometimes one fails. Harold Bloom failsucceed Change image and share on social
What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude. Harold Bloom callexcludemanage Change image and share on social
If they wish to alleviate the sufferings of the exploited classes, let them live up to their pretensions, let them abandon the academy and go out there and work politically and economically and in a humanitarian spirit. Harold Bloom abandonacademyalleviate share on social
The world does not get to be a better or a worse place; it just gets more senescent. Harold Bloom badlyplacesenescent Change image and share on social
Shakespeare will not make us better, and he will not make us worse, but he may teach us how to overhear ourselves when we talk to ourselves... he may teach us how to accept change in ourselves as in others, and perhaps even the final form of change. Harold Bloom acceptbadlychange share on social
All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is. Harold Bloom ceasecriticdeadly Change image and share on social
The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes for literary studies in the university will finally provide its own corrective. Harold Bloom badlycorrectivecurrent share on social
I take it that a successful therapy is an oxymoron. Harold Bloom oxymoronsuccessfultherapy Change image and share on social
In the finest critics one hears the full cry of the human. They tell one why it matters to read. Harold Bloom criticcryfine Change image and share on social
